We, at Leggett & Platt Incorporated, are searching for a Manager Procurement Cost Engineering within our Procurement team to help support our Automotive business. Did you know we are the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of seating support and comfort systems for transportation manufacturers, as well as tier one and two suppliers within the automotive industry? That’s right Our automotive products fall into four primary groups: Seating and Lumbar support, Motors, Actuators and Massage Systems. If you join our team, your work will ensure people across the world have a little more comfort in their lives.

As a Manager Procurement Cost Engineering you will have the chance to lead the global Procurement Cost Engineering team and partners closely with Category Management and Regional Procurement to support sourcing decisions, supplier negotiations, and cost reduction initiatives. The team you will be working with is collaborative and innovative
Responsibilities:

1.Lead the Procurement Cost Engineering Team by managing, coaching,



and developing team members while setting priorities and performance expectations.

2.Partner with Category Management and Regional Procurement to align cost engineering activities with category strategies, sourcing projects, and business priorities.

3.Deploy new cost estimating software and develop supporting processes to ensure effective integration into the business. Establish costing standards and best practices to ensure consistent and accurate cost modeling across regions and categories.

4.Oversee cost modeling and analysis for materials, components, assemblies, and finished products using should-cost methodologies and cost estimating tools.

5.Support Category Management and Regional Procurement with cost analyses, supplier cost assessments, and recommendations that enable effective sourcing decisions, supplier negotiations, RFQs, and contract negotiations.

6.Support Category Management/Regional Procurement requests by ide

📌 Manager Procurement Cost Engineering (Chennai)
🏢 Leggett & Platt
📍 Chennai