Product Cost Specialist to Axis Communications
Academic Work Sweden AB · Lund · 6 månader eller längre
Academic Work is recruiting a **Product Cost Specialist** for a temporary assignment at Axis Communications, covering the period from November 2026 to September 2027. Working within the Manufacturing Capacity and Cost team, the role focuses on securing cost competitiveness and continuous purchase cost improvements throughout the product life cycle. Key duties involve negotiating and approving product cost quotations, identifying and driving cost reduction activities with contract manufacturers, maintaining benchmark databases, and supporting the RFQ process for new products. The role also requires optimizing parameters such as order quantities and delivery terms, with duties entailing **some international travel**. Applicants must hold a degree in Industrial Economy or Business Administration, paired with at least five years of supply chain or sourcing experience from international manufacturing companies. The role requires at least two years of proven experience in **business negotiations**, extensive experience analyzing large volumes of data, excellent MS Office proficiency, and fluent written and spoken English. Prior experience working in ERP systems and knowledge of international business cultures are considered advantageous.
If you would like to become a part of a great team with highly skilled and motivated professionals, working in an innovative and developing environment, continue reading! They are a growing team and are now looking for a Product Cost Specialist for a temporary assignment, covering the period from November 2026 to September 2027.
About the role
Who is your future team?
Axis Manufacturing Capacity and Cost team is a great contributor to our company's success by developing our base of manufacturing partners and specifically secure cost competitiveness and constant improvements to our purchase costs. Your responsibility will be to ensure the right cost on Axis products through finding opportunities and driving cost reductions from our contract manufacturers, in close collaboration with your colleagues.
Who are we looking for/Who are you?
We believe you are analytical and have a great eye for details, at the same time you easily see the bigger picture from a holistic perspective. You are ambitious, self-driven and very result oriented. You thrive in collaboration with others and see the benefit of working towards common goals. You are open and your communication skills help you in reaching your goals. We see that you are curious and persistent in the work to make sure that the area of responsibility is delivered. Discussions and negotiations with internal as well as external partners are something that you enjoy, as part of your collaboration skills.
This position is very important as you will have great opportunity to affect a significant part of Axis total cost and by this, have the opportunity to affect and make a big difference to our business and continued success.
Work tasks
- Be responsible for negotiating and approving product cost quotations from Axis contract manufacturers throughout the product life-cycle.
- Be responsible for identifying and driving cost reduction activities towards our contract manufacturers by analyzing quotation data and having good understanding of all relevant cost drivers.
- Work in close cooperation with our contract manufacturers to achieve timely implementation of Axis negotiated component prices in product quotations.
- Analyze and maintain product and component database from internal and external sources and create a benchmark to be used in price reduction activities with contract manufacturers.
- Support RFQ process for new products and provide input to our product development organization regarding product cost structure and different cost drivers.
- Follow-up and optimize different parameters affecting purchase cost of components at our contract manufacturers, such as order quantities, demand changes and delivery terms.
- Contribute and give input to process- and IT- tools improvements within area of responsibility, independently or in collaboration with other relevant functions.
The position will mean some travels abroad.
We are looking for
- A degree in Industrial Economy or Business Administration.
- Minimum 5 years of supply chain/sourcing experience from international manufacturing companies.
- Proven record of at least 2 years of business negotiations.
- Experience from analyzing big amounts of data.
- Excellent MS Office skills.
- Excellent skills in English, both orally and in writing.
It’s good if you have experience from working in ERP systems and if you have knowledge about business culture in different parts of the world, it will benefit you greatly in your future role.
Our recruitment process
This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client’s wish that all questions regarding the position is directed to Academic Work.
Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase.