Product Cost Specialist

If you would like to become a part of a great team with highly skilled and motivated professionals, working in an innovative and developing environment, continue reading! We are looking for a Product Cost Specialist for a temporary assignment, covering the period of 18th November 2024 to 30th September 2025. Who is your future team? Axis Manufacturing Capacity and Cost team is a great contributor to our company's success by developing our base of manufacturing partners and specifically secure cost competitiveness and constant improvements to our purchase costs. Your responsibility will be to ensure right costs on Axis products through finding opportunities for, and driving cost reductions from our contract manufacturers, in close collaboration with your colleagues. What you'll do here as Product Cost Specialist As a Product Cost Specialist you will be responsible for negotiating and approving product cost quotations from Axis contract manufacturers throughout whole product life-cycle. You will be responsible for identifying and driving cost reduction activities towards our contract manufacturers by analyzing quotation data and having good understanding of all relevant cost drivers. In this role you will work in close cooperation with our contract manufacturers to achieve timely implementation of Axis negotiated component prices in product quotations. Analyze and maintain product and component database from internal and external sources and create a benchmark to be used in price reduction activities with contract manufacturers. You will also: * Support RFQ process for new products and provide input to our product development organization regarding product cost structure and different cost drivers. * Follow-up and optimize different parameters affecting purchase cost of components at our contract manufacturers, such as order quantities, demand changes and delivery terms. * Identify, define, drive and lead process- and IT- tools improvements within area of responsibility, independently or in collaboration with other relevant functions. This position is very important as you will have great opportunity to affect a big part of Axis total purchasing costs and by this, have opportunity to affect and make big difference to our business and continued success. The position will mean some travels abroad. Who are we looking for/who are you? We believe, you are analytic and well structured. You are ambitious, self-driven and very result oriented. You also like to collaborate with others and see the benefit of working towards common goals. You are open and your communication skills help you in reaching your goals. Negotiations are a piece of cake for you, and you enjoy the discussions with our manufacturers and other collaboration partners. We'd love to hear that you have: * A degree in Industrial Economy, Business, Supply Chain Management or similar. * Minimum 2 years of supply chain/sourcing experience from international manufacturing companies. * Experience from analyzing big amounts of data. * Excellent MS Office skills. * Excellent skills in English, both orally and in writing. It's good if you have experience from working in ERP systems and if you have knowledge about business culture in different parts of the world, it will benefit you greatly in your future role. What Axis have to offer By joining Axis, you will embark on an exciting journey of personal and professional growth. We will offer you a great introduction to Axis with training. Our team will support you, but also listen to your experiences and give you freedom to explore and realize your ideas. We are a fast-growing company that can offer you great career opportunities and a competitive package of benefits. In exchange for your dedication, Axis offers you a job in an open, friendly, and professional environment. We work in an innovative and global organization that takes great pride in delivering world-class, high-quality products, services, and solutions to our customers. Working with us gives you an excellent opportunity to develop in an organization promoting professional and individual growth. You will have a role where your operational effort really will be of great impact to the overall success of Axis. We want you to enjoy working with us, which is why we offer benefits such as flexible working hours, morning "fika" every day, Friday cake, company bonus, wellness allowance, health insurance and your very own Axis bicycle - to name a few. We also provide a brand new training facility free for every Axis employee. You can see it here Axis HQ We believe in sustainability, equality and inclusion. Read more here Axis is an organization that values creativity and promotes teamwork and openness. With us you will grow both personally and professionally. You will be part of a team of great colleagues that enjoy going to work in the morning. Welcome! Ready to Act? Find out more about the position from recruiting manager Johan Ahlberg, Manager Manufacturing Capacity & Cost at +46 46 272 1800