Cost Engineering Specialist

place of employment - Lummen

Cost Engineering Specialist – Lummen Region

For a fast-growing international manufacturing company in the Lummen region, we are looking for a Cost Engineering Specialist.

Your responsibilities

• Prepare product cost calculations and sales pricing based on customer requirements, commercial agreements, and market conditions.
• Maintain and update costing models and pricing data to ensure accuracy and competitiveness.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities, improve margins, and support pricing strategies with data-driven analyses.
• Collaborate with commercial and supply chain teams on customer negotiations, supplier pricing, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement projects to increase efficiency, accuracy, and process performance.
• Support planning, resource coordination, and the achievement of departmental objectives.
• Contribute to quality management activities, audits, customer claim investigations, and corrective action follow-up.

This role combines cost analysis, pricing strategy, profitability improvement, supplier cost management, continuous improvement, and quality support to drive sustainable business performance.

Your Profile:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in:
• Economics
• Finance
• Engineering
• Or a related discipline.

Experience

• Experience in a similar costing, pricing, finance, engineering, or analytical role.
• Experience within an international or multinational environment is a strong asset.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and production environments.
• Knowledge of supply chain processes and product lifecycle costing.

Technical Skills

• Strong analytical and numerical capabilities.
• Good understanding of:
• Manufacturing processes
• Production equipment
• Cost structures
• Supply chain dynamics
• Product design processes
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly:
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Word
• Outlook
• Teams

Languages

• Good spoken and written English.

Personal Competencies

• Analytical and detail-oriented.
• Strong business acumen and commercial awareness.
• Able to understand and influence key profitability drivers.
• Proactive and solution-oriented.
• Comfortable communicating complex information in a clear and straightforward manner.
• Able to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Committed to quality, continuous improvement, and customer satisfaction.