Purpose of the Role The cost manager will drive end-to-end cost governance by managing cost books, evaluating cost impacts, optimizing budgets, and enabling datadriven decision-making across product development. The role ensures cost efficiency through close collaboration with engineering, purchase, finance, and operations teams, supporting new programs, VAVE initiatives, and longterm business planning.

Job Responsibility

- Cost Book Preparation, monitoring and updating for including new SOR Part numbers

- Tracking of Budget requests on daily basis and map Pendency status

- Evaluation for cost impact and clearance of DCR in pFirst / PLM system

- Go Fast system clearance for Tooling Cost budgets

- Create Should Cost request (Cost Engineering) in pFirst system for current parts

- Share Should Cost with Purchase Buyer and facilitate discussion to meet Should Cost

- Work with ERC CoC for getting required clarity on new parts to optimize the cost

- Work closely with Purchase buyers for optimizing Budget requests

- Maintain and update the cost data of existing Programs as reference for new Programs





- Periodic PO Price data mapping from SAP for latest DMC updates

- Periodic mapping of occurrence & commitment reports for meeting annual targets

- Periodic coordination with FIAL Fin team for the glider cost rollup

- Periodic mapping of RM base (with Purchase support) & FOREX movement for Biz Case sensitivity mapping

- Support Product Planning Group for KO Gateway deliverables

- Work with the operations team for achieving the VAVE cost reduction target.

Desired Candidate ProfileDesired Candidate Profile

- 5-10 years of experience in cost management/cost engineering/purchase functions.

- Costing expertise in chassis commodity- Steering, Axle, gears, brakes.

- In-depth knowledge of costing, trends, and markets

- Experience of Coordination with vehicle integration , ERC, Purchase, AQ, and mfg. engg.

Skills & Competencies

- Driving execution

- CFT approach

- Cost management

- Well versed with MS EXCEL, PowerPoint

- Communication

📌 Senior Manager-Cost Management, Product Line (Pune)
🏢 Tata Motors Global Services
📍 Pune