Overview
fiat chrysler-stellantis méxico (abarth, alfa romeo, fiat, lancia, maserati, jeep, chrysler, dodge and ram, peugeot, citroën, ds, opel and vauxhall), global company in the automotive sector is looking for a cost development lead specialist.
basic qualifications
* bachelor's degree in engineering or finance or related degree field
* 8 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, and 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)
* advanced english
preferred qualifications
* master's 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)
* familiarity with finance terminology
* experience using financial management systems (fastcar2 is preferred)
* tooling and variable cost estimating
responsibilities
the economics manager is responsible for managing cost development (cost loops and assessments) for programs up to and including the contract commitment milestone. Activity begins with intention milestone and continues through contract commitment milestone and potentially to 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.
critical skills
develop component level cost targets, applying vehicle top-down budget allocation. Understand and apply reference vehicle data and low cost country 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 expertise
* microsoft office suite (excel & powerpoint)
* cost service tool / vehicle program checkbook
* fastcar2
* ebom & stv
* qlik sense
* product cost study (pcs) cpa year over year tool
* global sourcing tool (gst) & sourcing offset forms
* pentasap
* global bulletin system
we offer
direct hiring
above the law benefits
eoe / disability / veteran
at stellantis, we assess candidates based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We welcome applications from people of all gender identities, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation and disability. Diverse teams will allow us to better meet the evolving needs of our customers and care for our future.
seniority level
* mid-senior level
employment type
* full-time
job function
* finance, project management, and manufacturing
industries
* motor vehicle manufacturing, financial services, and manufacturing
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