Project Cost Manager

Stellantis; Auburn (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis Auburn site seeks an Economics Manager to oversee cost development for vehicle programs from pre-contract through start of production. You will own target development, ensure total production costs are rational, and work with cross-functional teams to drive cost efficiency.

Responsibilities include setting component cost targets, applying design-to-cost savings, and leading reviews with sourcing, design, and program management. Strong leadership and MS Office skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering or Finance or higher.
• 10 years of overall experience.
• 8 years automotive industry experience.
• MS Office skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Develop component cost targets and budgets.
• Lead cross-functional reviews of cost status.
• Organize technical commodities by function and design.
• Identify design alternatives to meet aggressive targets.
• Support vehicle program cost assessment from early milestones.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Attention to detail

Change management

People management

Education

B.S. in Engineering or Finance

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

QlikSense

PCS CPA Year over Year

PentaSAP

Global Sourcing Tool

Job description

The Cross Carline and Project Engineering Team is a critical part of the vehicle development with responsibility to ensure overall program level feasibility and target setting. The Economics Manager is responsible for managing cost development (cost loops and assessments) for programs from the Pre-Contract Commitment Milestone through Start of Production and potentially the end of life for a vehicle program. The Manager will own the target development process to ensure total production cost and supplier tooling costs are complete and rational to support the business case. The Manager will work with multiple cross‑functional organizations and all levels of management from senior executives to product design and release engineers.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop component level cost targets, applying vehicle top‑down budget allocation
• Understand and apply reference vehicle data and design to cost savings to EBOM component level data
• 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

Methodology/Tools Knowledge:

• 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

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Engineering or Bachelor of Science degree in Finance
• 10 years of overall experience
• 8 years of Automotive Industry experience
• 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)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Program lifecycle experience
• Experience in Vehicle Cost Engineering, Vehicle Finance, or Component Cost Analysis
• Experience in various BICEEP discipline