Strategic Analyst Consultant

Sigma Connectivity is a global design house developing products for leading international brands in many industries including traditional industry, telecom, automotive, logistics, and more.
We have more than 500 highly experienced employees using our foundation from connectivity in the fast-paced electronics industry to make the internet of things (IoT) happen.
WSI, our business unit, located in Kista (Stockholm) resides with two business areas:
WSI Engineering
Our new business area of resource consultants working on assignments and delivering great value to our customers directly on site.
WSI TechHouse
Our well-established business area since 2002, undertaking in-house projects upon assignments from our customers.
WSI Engineering & WSI TechHouse complement each other offering a broader range of solutions to our customers.
WSI Engineering continues to grow with onsite consultants, together forming an exciting journey ahead. Interested? Then, join us!
We are now looking for you, who would love to be employed as resource consultant at WSI Engineering and is an experienced:
Strategic Analyst
Consultant will be part of a team driving value engineering, benchmarking, and component cost analytics. Consultant will work closely together with to evaluate the needs and challenge cost assumptions and identify cost improvement levers including business model change for customers.
Consultant has a solid background on thorough cost analysis and improvement projects focusing on design-to-cost, either as a consultant or within an industrial company. Consultant has a solid technical understanding to be able to collaborate with customer technical experts, same time having a solid commercial understanding to analyze related metrics.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
· Perform cost analysis on materials and components incl. manufacturing process
· Component cost breakdown based on bottom-up shadow calculations considering market standards
· Involvement in development and procurement phases to ensure design-to-cost focus
· Establishing and driving purchasing design-to-cost processes, analysis tools and methods
· Supplier benchmarking and active consultation on material cost roadmaps
Education/Experience
· MSc in Engineering, PhD is a plus
· Experience working with cost engineering and in supply chain within an industrial company or as consultant, or MBA
· Experience in working cross-functional
Specific Skills/Abilities
· Strong skills in quantitative discipline and critical thinking as well as computer skills to address complex coherences at the interfaces between development and procurement.
· We appreciate that different individuals have unique personalities and contribute with different aspects. Crucial at WSI Engineering is that you feel comfortable in contact with the client and with work on diverse sites and new environments. We value an open-mindset and persons who love customer contact, as well as teamwork and a high pace environment, where variety through different assignments is reality.
We are true to our slogan “You will never work alone”, and the ability to work smoothly in teams with colleagues, customers, suppliers, and other contacts is thus very important.
We offer
Sigma Connectivity WSI is a unique consultant company offering:
· A culture based on sharing experiences and knowledge. We will encourage you to develop and grow your competence and skills with new challenges.
· Many great colleagues, passionate about all the cool devices we build, all being inventors committed to having fun while getting things done.
· Team activities with WSI colleagues, a yearly event with all team members of Sigma Connectivity.
· An including culture, where we support each other. By joining the Sigma Connectivity WSI family you will indeed never be alone!
Please apply with CV and cover letter or your complete LinkedIn profile.