Project Cost Performance Vehicle Cost Manager

Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

The Project Cost Performance (PCP) Vehicle Cost Manager is responsible for managing cost development (cost loops and assessments) for programs pre-IM to SOP. The PCP Manager will work with multiple cross functional organizations and all levels of management from senior executives to product Design and Release Engineers.

Requirements

Understanding of vehicle construction by systems (Body, Chassis, Powertrain, Interior, etc) and subsystems (Underbody, suspension, trim, cooling, HVAC, etc)
Understand part break up of vehicles and how they are assembled
Ability to identify and organize technical commodities into their functional purpose
Identify and propose design alternatives to meet and exceed aggressive cost targets
Lead cross functional team reviews of cost status to target, component sourcing, governance cost report outs
Microsoft Office Suite (Excel & Powerpoint) Excel commands (Vlookup, pivot tables)
Cost Service Tool / Vehicle Program Checkbook
Fastcar2
EBOM & STV
SMAK (Vehicle volume tracking)
QlikSense
Product Cost Study (PCS) CPA Year over Year Tool
Global Sourcing Tool (GST) & Sourcing Offset Forms
PentaSAP
Global Bulletin System
Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited university or Bachelor of Science degree in Finance
10 years of Automotive Industry experience
Experience in vehicle / component design / release engineering, vehicle finance cost, program management, and / or component cost analysis
Excellent leadership communications / people skills
Attention to detail
Able to manage change and present ideas / concepts to all levels of management
Able to motivate and lead people that do not report directly to you
MS Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)

Nice To Haves

Advanced technical or management degree
Excellent relationship building skills
Ability to present ideas and concepts successfully to all levels of management
Ability to productively manage change
Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
Excellent MS Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
Engineering vehicle cost analysis experience
Familiarity with finance terminology
Experience using financial management systems (Fastcar2 is preferred)
Tooling and variable cost estimating

Responsibilities

Lead Team to Consolidate Total Production Cost (TPC) and Vendor Tooling (VT) from intention Milestone to SOP, including alignment with Mass Production at SOP
Ensure consistency of the TPC to the project team through sourcing and CCD/CNs
TPC assessment during the advance phase based on preliminary inputs (VBOM, scope sheet, etc.)
Total Production Cost & VT comparison. Crosspollinate data from other projects (recovery plan, comparisons…)
Entry Point into CTPC for Projects
Lead Design to Cost Process from early Advanced phase until TKOM (Tooling kick off milestone)
Support PCP Program Lead with monitoring and consolidating cost optimization actions
Assist Design to Cost process for Projects ensuring it implemented in advanced phase and development
Support Idea Generation on cost savings based on deep knowledge on vehicle, markets, and segment
Support TPC target development with TPC Target Proposals
View based on BiC competitors adapted to the context of the project
Exit-to-Entry approach, adapted to the context of the project
Support ECAP’s Vehicle Target setting by 5ths, and bring information to appropriate stakeholders to provoke action
Compass & challenge Projects for converging TPC & VT, involving all stakeholders
Guarantee compliance with Profitability team and accounting standard of management
Support financial assessments led by the ECAP team for Eco Advice
Aligning, formalizing & implementing TPC/VT methodologies and rules