TRATON GROUP
With its brands Scania, MAN, International, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus, TRATON SE is the parent and holding company of the TRATON GROUP and one of the world's leading commercial vehicle manufacturers. TRATON employs more than 103,000 people and operates 33 production and assembly sites worldwide across 12 locations in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Through our range of trucks, buses, and light-duty commercial vehicles, and together with our partners and customers, we're driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system. "Transforming Transportation Together. For a sustainable world.": this intention underlines the Company's ambition to have a lasting and sustainable impact on the commercial vehicle business and on the Group's commercial growth.
As a Product Cost Controller within TRATON Group Product Cost Controlling, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and challenging environment, collaborate with cross-functional management teams, and develop your skills and career. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters innovation, creativity, and better decision-making. We value and encourage different perspectives and backgrounds, and we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We strive to provide our employees with the flexibility and resources they need to succeed both in and outside of work.
In the role as Product Cost Controller, you will be part of the Group Product Cost Controlling team and work with cross-functional with different teams at TRATON, at the local R&D entities and the Controlling teams of the GROUP brands. You are together responsible to calculate, challenge, and track product costs for current and upcoming products.
To ensure that you will:
/ In an early state of product development, derive top-down targets from a market perspective to set product cost ambition for a certain product
/ Discuss and implement cost-optimizing measures cross functionally in order to reach desired profitability through workshops or benchmark activities
/ Perform product cost calculations during the product lifecycle and consolidate into comprehensive product cost views for all brands and present results in cross functional committees and stakeholders
/ Track and monitor product cost over time including deviation analysis including change management
As our Product Cost Controlling team is a Group sub team, we are working with all brands in the Group. In your role it's therefore important to have a Group view and have frequent contact with all brands.
/ Bachelor's or master's degree in business administration or industrial engineering or related field with a strong interest in technical issues
/ A minimum of 3-5 years working experience in areas of product cost controlling of hardware products or related functions, e.g. purchasing, R&D, project management or strategy
/ Strong analytical mind and high sense of quality and responsibility
/ Team player with interactive, communicative, and structured working style able to present data in a clear and easily understandable way
/ Enjoy working in a diverse, dynamic team with counterparts across the world
/ Fluent in English language (verbal and written); fluent in Swedish or German as well is a strong plus
With its brands Scania, MAN, Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus, Navistar and RIO, TRATON SE is one of the world’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers. The Group aims to reinvent transportation — with its products, its services, and as a partner to its customers. For TRATON, sustainable economic growth always includes treating people and nature with respect. The People, Planet, and Performance triad will shape the future of our Company.