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Job Description:
Job Overview
The Should Cost Manager's primary responsibility is to develop a robust costing methodology based on should costing principles tailored to ICT business requirements. Enabling realistic and achievable cost estimations while highlighting areas for improvement through cross-functional teamwork. Actively contributing to implementation and continual improvement on organization of should-cost strategy. Collaborating across different departments, consolidating cost and process information, ensuring compliance, and provides insights for increase profitability.
Your Main Tasks
1. Should Cost Model development and implementation:
Implementation and organization of should-cost model/ target cost activities with external partners for the continuous improvement of the price level and standards
Estimate costs based on defined product basis (BOM), utilizing should cost calculation system and database.




Maintain consistency between costing, product process definition, and support functions' inputs.
Provide real-time updates, gap analysis, and directional cost assessments to internal customers.
2. Cost Information Analysis:
Analyse and challenge provided cost information.
Gather and consolidate part prices, investments, and costing data for defined products and potential industrial paths.
Provide cost information status and ongoing monitoring with detailed follow-up and traceability.
3. Key function for Engineering, PM, PjM, Procurement and Plant Finance
Work closely with product engineering during the product development phase and support analysis of component cost to help drive margin improvement.
Participate in technical choices and hypotheses during the sourcing phase together with acquisition team.
Support sales and purchasing in customer and external supplier negotiations (CBDs).
Support PjM/PM

📌 Should Cost Manager (Italia)
🏢 Elettrotecnica
📍 Italia