Senior Manager Product Cost Optimization - Construction (all genders)

About The Company GROPYUS is a technology-based construction company focused on building multi-story residential buildings. Thanks to its prefabricated building system with a wide range of design options, automated offsite construction, and fully digitalized processes, the company is able to create resilient timber housing quickly and cost-effectively. GROPYUS is using scalable construction and manufacturing solutions to tap into a future market, strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity, and play a substantial role in improving sustainability. The company delivers its multi-family houses as a complete and turnkey solution. The combination of technology, construction, robotics, and manufacturing expertise means buildings can be created in a fully digitalized end-to-end process. The building system is based on versatile wall and slab elements, making it easier to optimize land use, customize plans, and build fast with both off-site construction and on-site assembly. This system is complemented by the Building Operating System–developed in-house. About the Role  Join GROPYUS and help drive cost competitiveness across our innovative building systems. Working at the intersection of product development, engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and construction, you will identify and realize cost optimization opportunities throughout the building lifecycle.  As Senior Cost Optimization Manager - Building Systems, you will play a key role in developing transparent cost structures, challenging technical solutions, and driving value engineering initiatives across our product portfolio.   This role is particularly suited to candidates with strong construction, prefabricated building systems, and project delivery expertise who can identify practical and scalable cost-saving opportunities within building design, construction methods, and system integration.  Your area of responsibilities include:  Support the development and implementation of the Building Systems Cost Optimization strategy, ensuring cost competitiveness and value creation across the product portfolio  Apply design-to-cost, should-cost, value engineering, and target-costing methodologies across product development, manufacturing, procurement, and construction functions  Identify, analyze, and prioritize cost optimization opportunities for building systems, components, materials, and construction interfaces  Develop and maintain transparent cost models and cost benchmarks, ensuring continuous learning from estimated versus actual cost performance  Drive cross-functional cost optimization initiatives and support implementation of improvement measures  Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Construction, and R&D teams to embed cost awareness into decision-making processes    About You  Must-Have Skills  Extensive experience in cost engineering, value engineering, construction cost management, design optimization, or technical project delivery within the construction industry  Strong understanding of construction methodologies, materials, contractor interfaces, and project cost drivers  Proven track record of delivering measurable cost reductions and business impact through cross-functional initiatives  Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate technical solutions into financial outcomes  Usual business travel between our sites expected  Fluent English language skills    Nice-to-Have Skills  Experience with industrialized construction, modular building systems, prefabrication, or high-volume manufacturing environments  Familiarity with timber construction, German-speaking construction markets, and digital costing tools  Lean Six Sigma certification and/or demonstrated experience applying continuous improvement methodologies  Fluent German language skills    What we offer  An&nbs