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About The Team
Global Product Cost (GPC) organization is responsible for controlling and product cost performance reporting for Development and Innovation portfolio across the entire Dyson product range. The product cost along with time and specification is a key focus area for product development and investment appraisal within Dyson.
The role involves working globally (UK, SG & Malaysia) with a cross functional team spanning NPI/NPD RDD Designers, Commercial Marketing, Engineering, Procurement, Operations and Finance to drive attainment of business goals.
About The Role
1. Leadership over your category’s UK New Products Development portfolio range.
2. Responsibility to drive End to End product cost governance, optimize cost, maximize efficiencies, make recommendations to drive NPD projects to achieve profitability targets
3. Responsible for providing timely, accurate and insightful analysis on product cost to support project milestone, financial health checks, change management and risk-opportunity tracking.
4. Generate cost build up estimates for new NPD Research Design and Development (RDD) projects and evaluating multiple design alternatives for lowest cost possible.
5. Responsible for embedding new ways of working across the cross functional team to raise the profile and importance of product cost. Embedding a new cost-conscious environment to manage product cost transparency and accountability.
6. Work collaboratively while challenging multiple stakeholders (Designers, Engineering, Operations, Procurement and Finance) to achieve stretch cost targets.
7. Manage the monthly reporting cycle to support the product cost change movements, understand the associated risks and opportunities which could impact a product as it progresses through the development cycle.
8. Develop and coach team to build a strong category product cost team that is knowledgeable, independent, and ready for future leadership roles.
9. Drive continuous improvement throughout data, process, and people.
10. Communicate with impact and create a sense of urgency and responsibility to address cost challenges.
About You
11. You thrive in an ever-evolving environment with global presences and multiple stakeholders
12. You are energized by solving problems by bringing people with competing goals to the same table to achieve a common goal
13. An engineering / manufacturing/ cost accounting degree with previous experience and more than 10 years in a product cost engineering role.
14. Proven experience dealing with change transformation and introducing new process or ways of working
15. You have the ability to both think strategically and operationalize those strategic plans into execution plans with clear set of KPI to drive towards success
16. Working experience in Consumer Products Industry and/or Technology business.
17. Governance of detailed ‘should cost ‘ to validate supplier quotes and ensure target cost achieved.
18. Knowledge of manufacturing capabilities such as plastic injection moulding, metal extrusion/stamping, rubber over-mould and electronics PCB assembly.
19. Knowledge of design optimization using Value-Engineering Concept.
20. Demonstrable strong analytical ability to provide cost insight and actionable deliverables.
21. Evaluating multiple cost down idea and “make” vs “buy” analysis.
22. Able to manage product design complexity and influence senior stakeholders.
23. Strong communication and leadership influencing skills
24. Proven record of managing high performing teams
Benefits
Financial:
25. Performance related bonus
26. Company paid Life Assurance
27. Discounts on Dyson machines
28. Competitive pension scheme
29. Purchase additional holidays
Lifestyle:
30. 27 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays
31. Free bus travel to and from Malmesbury campus from Bristol, Chippenham and Swindon
32. On-site parking
33. Endless free coffee and tea, and a free lunch
34. Free on-site hair salon
35. On-site lifestyle Assist
36. Electric vehicle scheme
Health:
37. Private Medical insurance for all employees
38. Employee Assistance Program for employee and dependents
39. Digital GP and prescription service
40. Fertility treatment support
41. On-site gym and sports centre
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