Strategic Pricing & Market Cost Analyst

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we're inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We're proud to play a part in protecting the world's democracies. And we're committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 13 countries we serve over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

You'll be responsible for managing the proposal preparation process for bids as assigned in accordance with the GKN bid procedure and governance, starting at the bid/no bid decision through to Bid submission to the Customer. Accountable and responsible to deliver high quality, competitive proposals to the business, which are fully compliant with all applicable requirements, on time and meet the expectations of the customer as well as the GKN Aerospace governance.

Cost competitiveness and the deployment of Strategic Pricing is a key requirement for GKN Aerospace to secure new business and retain existing business while driving the best return from our investments in people, technology and capital. This role will be tasked with ensuring GKN Aerospace Business Lines (Engines, Civil Airframe, Defense Airframe) will lead the industry in offering best value offerings to our customers across our product and service offerings.

Job Responsibilities

• Evaluate gaps in the competitiveness of our offerings and provide concrete plans to regain best in class offerings to not only close the gaps, but to set new market standards.
• Set strategic pricing for these offerings based on an evaluation of our competitiveness to drive maximum return on our investments.
• Recommend changes to our industrial structure and the deployment of new manufacturing technology to maintain a competitive edge for the business.
• Identify opportunities to move into new markets and offerings where our capabilities may allow us to open new markets or displace others.
• Maintain a comprehensive database that benchmarks the competiveness of our product and service offerings against our current and potential future competitors.

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Finance Accounting or Engineering
• 5-10 years:
• Knowledge of machining methods, production processes and techniques, materials, tools, drawing systems, technical manuals, (military) regulations and the like.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Affinity for costs and models.
• Independent judgment and interpretation of the calculation outcomes and can clearly convey insights of the result and the relevant aspects within the quotation team and to other stakeholders.
• Can handle time constraints and working to tight timelines.

Preferred:

• Experience in Aerospace industry highly desirable
• Understanding and experience with complex technical and commercial proposal requests from customers (Aerospace OEMs) and able to translate them into manageable work packages.
• Ability to manage, challenge and influence senior internal stakeholders
• Experience in Proposal Management in Aerospace or equivalent industry such as medical equipment or automotive industry.
• Significant experience in account management and/or business development.
• Experience running projects involving multi-disciplinary teams under challenging time constraints.
• Knowledge of MS office Suite.

We'll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we've created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It's a culture that won us 'The Best Workplace Culture Award' last year. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We're also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.