At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead product costing in a dynamic engineering environment and drive continuous improvement.
- Company: Established manufacturing business with a focus on innovation and accuracy.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, private medical, pension contributions, and life assurance.
- Other info: Supportive culture with genuine opportunities for career progression.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by developing costing methodologies and leading a talented team.
- Qualifications: Background in manufacturing or engineering with strong costing knowledge.
- Own and evolve costing within a complex engineering environment.
- High-impact role working directly with engineering, manufacturing and commercial
About Our Client
A well-established manufacturing business operating in a complex, engineered product environment, supplying into multiple markets. The organisation is investing in its costing and estimating capability to improve accuracy, scalability and commercial performance across the business.
Job Description
Key responsibilities
- Own and develop end-to-end product costing methodology across a diverse product range
- Build bottom-up cost models aligned to real manufacturing processes
- Translate BOMs, routings and production data into structured costing outputs
- Analyse actual vs estimated costs and drive continuous improvement
- Support project bids - ensuring pricing is technically robust and commercially sound
- Lead development of digital / configurable costing tools and data structures
- Lead and develop a costing / estimating team
- Work cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, commercial and finance
The Successful Applicant
Ideal Candidate
- Background in manufacturing, engineering, estimating or technical costing (key requirement)
- Strong understanding of how products are built and costed
- Experience working with BOMs, routings and manufacturing data flows
- Comfortable working with ERP / SAP systems and large datasets
- Able to bridge the gap between engineering detail and commercial outputs
- Proven leadership or desire to step into a leadership role
What\'s on Offer
What\'s on offer
- Competitive salary + strong overall package
- Private medical (BUPA)
- 8% employer pension contribution
- Life assurance (x4 salary)
- EV scheme, cycle to work + wider benefits
- Supportive, people-focused culture with genuine progression
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Product Costing Lead in Bridgend employer: Michael Page (UK)
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