Costing & Pricing Sr. Manager

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Costing & Pricing Sr. Manager to join our team based in Grand Prairie, TX or Columbus, MS

In this role, you will be responsible for gathering, analyzing and preparing cost Proposals, including the budgets and all accompanying financial and required documentation in support of proposals.  Knows and applies applicable government regulations as needed (i.e., FAR). Other dimensions of the role include:

• Evaluate US Government cost/price proposal requirements
• Develop and support proposal pricing and business cases to meet or exceed company gross margin and EBIT targets
• Ability to understand the difference between FAR 12 and FAR 15 clauses
• Ability to effectively communicate with customer to determine request for both proposals and negotiations

Meet The Team:

From building to servicing the next generation of aerospace, our team focuses on quality, productivity and efficiency. We ensure the highest quality of care and safety is built into each aircraft we assemble and maintain. Our team members make it happen.

Your Working Environment:

Grand Prairie, a suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home - you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games.

On the eastern border of Mississippi you’ll find Columbus, home to our Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and Center of Excellence for the entire North America region. It’s here that we produce the UH-72A Lakota Helicopters for the U.S. Army in addition to the H-125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers.

How We Care for You:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Your Challenges:     

Costing/Pricing:  35%

• Oversees cost and pricing for a range of proposals to include both domestic and international opportunities and ranging in size of complexity. 
• Ensure costing information provided is timely, accurate and supportable in response to requests
• Coordinates requirements for all costing data by working closely with cross functional team of sales, engineering, purchasing, operations, quality to meet customer deadlines.
• Ensures functional areas understand what substantiation is required to support their estimates for each proposal
• Supports team to provide cost effective solutions to our customer.  This will include research, standardization, collaboration with peers/managers/directors, and translating into customer price breakdowns and data requirements.
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