Senior Consultant – Cost & Complexity (Industrial Engineering) (m/w/d)

newboxes embodies the renaissance of engineering art. We work with industrial companies on structural levers of costs, risks, and complexity. Our clients face highly dynamic markets, growing variety of options, and increasing price pressure. We bring clarity to product architectures. We structure option landscapes. We create decision-making capabilities. In doing so, we combine industrial depth with systems thinking. In addition to our consulting services, we develop our own decision-making and management systems. We do not provide analysis for analysis's sake. We intervene in systems.

You help industrial companies make complexity manageable. This specifically means:

• You analyze product and option structures

• You identify cost drivers along the architecture

• You develop robust decision-making foundations for management and engineering

• You structure target images for cost and option strategies

• You support implementation – not just the concept

• You work at the interface of technology, controlling, and organization.

• Analysis of product architecture and option logic

• Conducting complexity and cost assessments

• Development of roadmaps for option reduction and efficiency enhancement

• Creation of management models for Cost & Complexity

• Moderation of structured decision-making processes at management level

• Support in implementing sustainable structures within the company

Depending on the position level, you will:

• Lead projects

• Be responsible for clients

• Mentor junior consultants

• Participate in the further development of our Decision Intelligence approaches

• Hybrid format (on-site project + remote work)

• Work in leading industrial companies (automotive, mechanical engineering, energy)

• Location: Munich or Lake Constance

• International perspective (Germany and India)

Professional Skills

• Education in engineering, industrial engineering, or a comparable field
• Many years of professional experience in the industrial sector
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Option Management
  • Product Architecture
  • Cost Engineering
  • Controlling-related engineering
  • Development processes in complex industrial projects

Methodology

• Structured analytical capability
• Systems thinking
• Ability to translate technical interdependencies into management language

Personal Qualities

• High degree of self-responsibility
• Clarity of thought
• Composure in complex situations
• Desire to achieve results, not just to consult

You work on structural levers – not on symptoms.

• You gain direct access to strategically important decision-making processes

• You participate in shaping product and organizational architectures

• You are part of a clear cluster and domain structure

• You work in an environment that expects high performance and encourages responsibility

• High degree of self-responsibility

• Complex industrial projects

• Development perspective towards Project Lead or Domain Owner

• Collaboration with experienced industrial experts

• Modern working environment in an inspiring setting

We look forward to receiving a brief résumé or a LinkedIn link with a few sentences about your motivation. Our application process begins with a short "Hello."