At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Product Cost Engineer with German in Cluj-Napoca, Romania we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your data analysis skills and results orientation mindset expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Product Cost Manager based in Cluj-Napoca, and work alongside dedicated, hard-working, and fun teammates.

You'll interact closely with teams across the business (particularly engineering, manufacturing, procurement, supply chain and external suppliers), realize an estimation of the technical cost of the parts / systems defined by the engineering team and, support sourcing team in the negotiation with the suppliers.

Day-to-day, you’ll participate at the creation of the target cost and support the engineering team in the development to cost way of working.

We’ll look to you for:

Based on the Specifications of a family of products:

• Create a cost model on a family of products
• Evaluate the technical cost of the component by using cost model approach

Based on the Design of the component:

• Take assumptions about the industrial processes
• Calculate the technical cost of the component by using the appropriate tool

Contribute to the improvement of the cost métier:

• To be a referent on a process or a family of product
• Share the feedback coming from the supplier
• Formalize the saving opportunities

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role: 

Mandatory

• Good product knowledge
• Good industrial Process knowledge
• Curious
• Open-mindedness
• Rigorous
• Good communication with other people

Nice to have

• Able to use DMA/CATIA for basic work
• Able to use SAP to extract costing information

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Be part of a large team with over 800 professionals in HR, Finance and Procurement & Supply Chain
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Utilise our Agile, Responsible and Inclusive working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning (Access to Alstom University and Alstom Learning Program)
• Professional Development Plan – we offer great opportunities to develop yourself within the company
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential (Competitive Salary and Meal Vouchers, Flexible Benefits at your choice - on top of your salary, Holiday Bonuses (Easter, Christmas), Employee Loyalty Bonus, Reimbursement of telework expenses – for amount of days worked from home, Additional Bonuses - referral bonuses, /new-born bonus, discounts)
• Entitle to comprehensive and competitive social coverage (Life and Accident Insurance, Private medical subscription at Regina Maria and Private Pension)
• Work-life balance- we offer flexible working hours and a hybrid model of work (Working from Home 3 days/ week) and 25 days of annual leave
• Be part of our Social Corporate Responsibilities initiatives (Social events, Humanitarian Actions)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

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Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 70+ countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.