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 optimise land use, customise 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 realise 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, analyse, and prioritise cost optimisation 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 optimisation 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 optimisation, 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 industrialised 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 unlimitedcontract with 30 vacation days.
- Flexible work: We value regular in-person collaboration in the office, while also offering working from home and the opportunity to work up to 40 days a year from abroad.
- Attractive perks and benefits: We offer a company pension scheme, language courses (English/German), and employee discounts with selected sustainable brands. Furthermore, our external partners in mental health support you in strengthening your mental health through anonymous private/group sessions.
- Virtual Shares Program: Participate in the success of GROPYUS through our Virtual Share Program.
- Ownership: You can truly make your mark with your work and contributions - on all our organizational levels. Find your solutions, drive and test them.
- The chance to be part of something big: Our mission is to rethink an entire industry. Join us in reinventing construction and fostering sustainable, affordable living.
- A diverse and enriching work environment: Become a valued member of a wonderfully diverse team of individuals from over 50 countries. At GROPYUS we value inclusion above all, ensuring that everyone feels they belong - no matter their background. In this way, our differences become strengths that help us grow as a team.
Join us on our mission to design buildings as continuously evolving products to create the most exciting and affordable experience for all. We build for people and conserve the resources of our planet.
We can’t wait to get to know you.
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Senior Manager Product Cost Optimization - Construction (all genders) in Berlin Arbeitgeber: Gropyus Ag
GROPYUS ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der eine flexible und hybride Arbeitsumgebung bietet, in der Sie sowohl im Büro als auch remote arbeiten können. Mit einem starken Fokus auf Nachhaltigkeit und Innovation in der Bauindustrie fördert das Unternehmen eine inklusive Kultur, die Vielfalt schätzt und individuelle Beiträge honoriert. Zudem profitieren Mitarbeiter von attraktiven Zusatzleistungen wie einer betrieblichen Altersvorsorge, Sprachkursen und mentaler Gesundheitsunterstützung, was GROPYUS zu einem bedeutenden Ort für persönliche und berufliche Weiterentwicklung macht.
