The primary responsibility of this role is to drive Cost optimization,Continious improvment projects for fabrication, sheet-steel and stamping commodities. The engineer will work closely with Global Procurement, Product Engineering, manufacturing plants, and suppliers to identify, develop, and implement technically and commercially viable savings opportunities. The role requires hands-on understanding of sheet-metal materials, stamping and fabrication processes, tooling, part-cost drivers, manufacturability, and supplier capabilities. Key activities include commodity spend and part-cost analysis, value analysis/value engineering, design and material optimization, process improvement, resourcing, negotiation support, supplier consolidation, and part rationalization. The engineer will build and maintain a robust pipeline of executable projects while ensuring that proposed changes meet product performance, quality, manufacturability, and regulatory requirements.
Execute the enterprise wide strategic costoptimization, continious improvement projects for Fabrication, Sheet Steel and Stamping categories
Drive productivity through supplier consolidation, data quality improvements, and reduction of part proliferation




Participate in supplier, plant level discussions to identify cutting-edge solutions and cost-out opportunities.
Analyze commodity spend data and leverage data analytics to create productivity project pipelines
Collaborate globally with Procurement, Product Engineering, and Suppliers to deliver savings and category productivity goals.
Partner with Product Engineering teams to evaluate material substitutions, design optimization, standardization, and value engineering opportunities while ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory requirements.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on lead time reduction, scrap optimization, process efficiency, and cost productivity across the supply base and manufacturing operations.

Bachelor / Masters in Mechanical Engineering,Electrical Engineering with demonstrated experience in technical engineering organization. (6-10 years of experience with multinational engineering organization.

Hands on knowledge of Value Engineering principles & its deployment (prominantly on stamping components)

📌 Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Mechanical Engineering (Pune)
🏢 Eaton
📍 Pune