Descriptionthis position will lead a team to manage material cost over the lifecycle of the assigned vehicle portfolio. Working hand-in-hand with the vehicle program director, chief program engineers, and their program leads the objective is to maintain a competitive material cost across the different model years in order to achieve and maintain the segment ebit margin.responsibilitiesresponsibilitiesadvocate for cost culture across the company, with emphasis on the four principles: don't over-design, don't over-content, don't over-pay and the best part is no partattend and support program forums such as the pst, cpe df, finance pat to represent the material cost attributeprepare for and conduct cost loop workshops in the early phases of program development to determine an efficient cost status by commodity and part level details that support the ebit target income statement for cost and target upload into fede.investigate and close out material cost opportunities coming from the cost loop workshops, working to optimize cost using a systems approach and to fill a program funnelutilize the suite of digital ecosystem tools managed by global total cost to document efficient cost start points, physical content and sourcing changes, competitive benchmarks, optimal cost estimates, etc.leverage in-cycle cost reduction ideas in crid and gain agreement to implement where the business case makes the most sense. While pushing ideas from program status back into in-cycle incorporation where earlier incorporation makes sense.monitor competitive benchmarking globally and leverage observations and discoveries to challenge ford's content or requirementsqualificationsqualificationsbachelor's degree in engineering, business or finance10+ years experience in automotive product developmentproven exceptional leadership skills and respectful challenger of costpreferredexperience or certification in systems engineering5+ years experience in analyzing competitive automotive designsmba or experience with automotive financial income statementsford motor company is an equal opportunity employer, as we are committed with a diverse workforce, and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran and basis of disability