# Project Manager for cost/value management or benchmarking

**Company**: Roland Berger
**Location**: Budapest, Hungary
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are looking for a Project Manager with professional consulting experience in cost engineering and benchmarking to join our Budapest office.

As part of our currently forming team, you will manage complex, cross-functional projects involving multiple internal and external stakeholders.

Main responsibilities:

- Own full profit and loss responsibility for assigned consulting engagements

- Lead project teams independently, motivating them to meet ambitious goals within tight timelines

- Deliver high-quality client presentations using PowerPoint and similar tools with clarity and impact

- Apply standard project management tools and frameworks within structured PMO environments

- Assess and optimize product and process costs across the entire product development lifecycle

- Interpret product development plans and requirements to identify and realize cost improvement opportunities

- Lead integrated, cross-functional teams by applying your engineering and design experience

- Collaborate with procurement teams to support cost negotiations and sourcing strategies

- Analyze and implement engineering optimizations with a focus on technical integration and cost impact

- Apply advanced cost optimization methodologies such as VAVE, GAP analysis, and benchmarking

- Understand standard manufacturing processes and their cost implications for mechanical and electronic components

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering with a relevant focus; an MBA is preferred.

- 5–10 years of relevant experience in consulting or industry, ideally in cost/value management or benchmarking

- Strong technical expertise and the ability to evaluate engineering and cost trade-offs with confidence

- Experience leading teams and solving complex challenges in fast-paced environments

- Entrepreneurial mindset with strong analytical and solution-driven thinking

- Hands-on experience in product development, production, or procurement is considered as advantage

- Excellent communication skills, including fluency in English, and the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels

- High willingness to travel and work on-site with clients across national and international settings

- Familiarity with industries such as automotive, off-highway, industrial goods, aerospace, or electronics is a strong plus

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## Skills

### Required
- PowerPoint
- project management
- cost engineering
- benchmarking
- VAVE
- GAP analysis

### Nice to have
- MBA
- product development
- procurement
- automotive
- aerospace
- electronics

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