Job Description
Position title: Cost Engineering by purchasing department
Position level: Senior purchaser
Position goal: support BMW worldwide purchase nomination process by achieving cost
transparency and cost-competitiveness. Contribute to targets of BMW worldwide cost
engineering.
Position location: Shenyang
Major responsibility:
• Analysis and knowledge building of local supplier, factor (labor, material, manufacturing
process, interests, etc.), supplier development cost.
• Analysis of local supply chain / OEM / tier-1 & tier - n suppliers, concerning processes and
technologies.
• Creation of a calculation based on our best practice approach for parts, machines or
services.
• Cost calculation and negotiation support for local buyers on global-, local sourcing and cost
down projects.
• Cost investigation of new technology or new product. Knowledge management for
investigation results.
Requirements:
• Bachelor and above degree / graduated in electrical / mechanical / automotive engineering or
comparable educational background, economical background
• Technical understanding of products, processes and tools
• Substantial knowledge of major automotive component production processes
• Competence of attending supplier evaluations and cost screenings
• Business fluent Mandarin and English (German is an advantage)
• Project steering with regards to a defined timeline
• Experience in either cost engineering or technical development, software programming,
production-, process planning, purchasing, quality management
• Experience at global automotive suppliers, OEMs or in other Hi-Tech industry
• Intercultural experience and awareness
• Good communication skills and teamwork spirit