Cost Calculator (m/v/x)

Your tasks

Your role… As a Cost Calculator you are responsible for developing and calculating accurate and competitive cost price calculations of our industrial vehicles and trailers. You collaborate closely with different stakeholders within our organisation; Engineering, Commercial, Purchasing, Production, in order to translate our customers' requests into an accurate budget estimate. After production of the vehicles you carry out a post-calculation in which you analyse the realised costs and margins. You investigate deviations and actively contribute to improve future cost price calculations.

Your responsibilities…

• You analyse customer requests, technical specifications and quotations in order to prepare budget estimates for the production of our industrial vehicles.
• You will make cost price calculations and price analyses in Excel and our internal software system.
• You take into account the required materials, components, working hours, etc and translate them into an accurate budget estimate.
• You will work closely with the Engineering department to correctly interpret technical designs and product / material information.
• Via our Purchasing team you request prices from our suppliers to support your calculations.
• You perform post-production calculations and compare the actual costs with the pre-estimate so you can detect deviations and/or formulate optimizations and propose improvements for future calculations.

Requirements

Your profile…

• You have a Bachelor or Master in Engineering or a technical equivalent. Candidates with a financial or analytical background and strong affinity with technology and production are also welcome to apply.
• Experience in a similar role is a plus but not a must. Both junior and senior profiles are welcome.
• You have a particular interest in numbers, a technical production environment, transportation.
• You are detail oriented and work accurately.
• You have numeric insight and possess strong analytical thinking.
• You have a cost-focused mindset.
• You are proficient in MS Excel and can work well with other MS Office SW.
• You have excellent communication skills.
• You are fluent in Dutch and English.