Bid Costing Specialist

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 Bid Costing Specialist for Rolling Stock in São Paulo we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your refined cost management expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside innovative, dedicated, and strategic-thinking teammates.

You'll spearhead the financial stewardship of our projects, ensuring competitive pricing and cost efficiency. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance), optimize financial costs for tenders, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of preparing quick costing during pre-tendering phases, defining cost structures for bids, and leading cost estimation activities, but also collaborating with finance to enhance overall bid competitiveness.

We’ll look to you for:

• Preparing quick costing based on product cost databases and project execution experiences

• Supporting the Bid Manager in the Instruction for Quotation preparation in line with pricing strategies

• Defining bid cost structures and target costs in coordination with Bid sub-system managers

• Leading cost improvement actions and challenging contributors to meet tender targets

• Collaborating with Finance Tender Manager to optimize financial costs (bonds, financing, hedging, insurance, taxes, etc.)

• Consolidating tender costs as per financial rules in the designated consolidation tools

• Leading cost estimation for changes during negotiation phases and updating cost commitments

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:

• Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical preferred)

• Over 5 years of experience in cost management, preferably in the manufacturing industry

• Knowledge of product costs, operational flows, and project cost management

• Familiarity with terms and conditions management in rolling stock tenders/projects

• A strong grasp of Excel and proficiency in the Windows package

• Ability to analyze and challenge cost commitments from contributors

• Understanding of financial rules and contractual aspects

• Experience in value analysis, product cost, and cost models

• Fluency in English, with Spanish being a plus

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:

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects

• Utilise our agile 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

• Progress towards leadership roles in cost management

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

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!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.