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Working at Airbus

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Join Airbus Helicopters as a Cost Architect Governmental Offers (M/F) on a permanent, full-time basis located in Marignane, France. You will lead costing activities for complex customer offers, provide robust and neutral cost information, and support strategic business decisions in a dynamic aeronautical environment.

Requirements

  • A degree or ample experience in Business, Design Office, Procurement, Industry or Support matters.
  • Familiarity with the structure and sources of aeronautical data in Design, Configuration and Production domains.
  • Advanced English and mandatory French language skills.
  • Good communication skills, autonomy, and teamwork abilities.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Financial modeling and cost estimation: Lead and manage costing activities during the offer process to provide robust, neutral cost information and cost drivers for strategic decisions.
  • Stakeholder management and negotiation: Act as the focal point for Program/Business on costing quotations and support internal customers in cost target settings and negotiations.
  • Data reconciliation and synthesis: Prepare the cost basis for sales items by reconciling configuration, technical, and operational inputs and consolidating associated costs.
  • Process harmonization: Support the harmonization and rationalization of costing methods, tools, and processes across programs.
  • Potential transition routes: People from financial analyst, procurement specialist, or cost estimator roles may bring strong analytical and budgeting skills, alongside meeting aeronautical data and language requirements.

Job description

Job Description:

Take off with Airbus Helicopters!

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Cost Architect Governmental Offers (f/h) to join the Finance Department based in Marignane, France.

Join us to shape the future of aeronautics and help protect lives during missions accomplished thanks to our helicopters.

The Marignane site, the 3rd largest industrial site in France, near Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, is undergoing a deep transformation to offer a high-tech, inclusive, and environmentally friendly working environment.

You will live a unique professional experience, at the heart of the manufacturing of our helicopters.

To learn more about our site and our activities: Airbus Helicopters - Marignane

Your future missions:

The Cost Architect department provides all cost inputs to complex customer offers and creates reliable cost references for H/C platform and S&S processes.

You will be in charge of Governmental Programs as a Costing Architect.

Your main missions will be:

  • Acting as the focal point for Program/Business on Costing quotations.
  • Securing a close connection between the customer needs and the costing support provided.
  • Leading and managing the costing activity during the Offer process, on quality and on time, providing robust and neutral cost information (e.g. estimation, cost drivers, etc.) to support strategic and operational business decisions
  • Preparing the cost basis for sales items : Reconcile configuration, technical and operational inputs to consolidate the associated cost.
  • Preparing, challenging, and synthetizing required assumptions for cost information.
  • Compiling, delivering, and explaining all costing estimates to stakeholders.
  • Securing knowledge management on cost evolution and requests for a given customer.
  • Supporting internal customers in cost target settings and negotiation/buy-in with stakeholders.
  • Supporting the harmonization and rationalization of Costing methods, tools and processes.

Your profile:

  • We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:
  • You have a degree or ample experience in Business, Design Office, Procurement, Industry or Support matters
  • You are familiar with the structure and the sources of aeronautical data in Design, Configuration and Production domains
  • You are interested on the financial aspect of things
  • You are autonomous and enjoy working within a team
  • Good communication skills are required
  • English: advanced
  • French: mandatory

We welcome colleagues who can bring together technical thinking and finance aspects. You thrive in a diverse environment and take responsibility for your results through contacts with all functions. Your engagement will make it a success!

3 Reasons to join us:

Our Values : Six essential values form the core of our company. Defined for employees by employees, our Airbus values shape the DNA of our business, reflecting the unique mix of qualities found in each member of our global family.

Inclusion and diversity : We foster an inclusive and rewarding work environment, where everyone's diversity is valued and respected. An inclusive and diverse workforce is the engine of innovation at Airbus. It makes us unique and contributes to better problem-solving.

Compensation and benefits :

At Airbus, we build the future together and your success is our priority.

Expect a global, competitive, and transparent compensation package (including salaries, bonuses, profit-sharing, participation, and preferred share ownership plan), designed to reward the impact and performance you bring, both individually and collectively.

We invest in your complete well-being: professional development (training, mentoring, international mobility), health coverage, retirement, and a commitment to a supported work-life balance (parental support, flexibility).

And for your daily life, benefits that make a difference:

  • A dynamic CSE (Social and Economic Committee) offering many advantages (company restaurant, children's leisure center, associations and sports complex, travel allowances, etc.).
  • Transport facilities: Take advantage of our company shuttles or the reimbursement of your annual transport pass.

Our recruitment process:

  • Apply online.
  • Analysis of your application by the recruitment department.
  • Our positions require a security clearance, complete the questionnaire that will be sent to you.
  • Conduct recruitment interviews: HR interview and technical interview with your future manager
  • Receive the job offer!

Ready to take off? Give a new dimension to your career by applying online now!

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:
Airbus Helicopters SAS

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Classe Emploi (France): Classe G13

Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Costing

By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

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Airbus

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Marignane
Competitive salary package with bonuses, profit-sharing, and share ownership.

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