Primary Tasks :

Pre-Program Approval Phase : 

- Establish cost assessment work plans to support program milestone timing

- Manage cost assessment process to establish cost targets (material & supplier tooling) to support product team business cases between Concept Direction & Program Approval

- Rationalize target cost submissions (variable & supplier tooling) & lead resolution of issues

- Create vehicle cost roll-up (variable) for all required configurations

- Create vehicle cost roll-up for supplier tooling

- Ensure no significant components or costs are missing for vehicle cost roll-ups

- Ensure vehicle cost roll-ups maintain alignment with the product grid as it evolves during the cost assessment process

- Create detailed vehicle options cost deck

- Develop Product Committee presentation material for vehicle cost (variable & supplier tooling) for Program Approval

Post Program Approval Phase:

Change Management

- Review changes to determine if within the scope of the program

- Calculate total supplier tooling impact to program and total variable cost impact to specific track vehicles

- Ensure program funding is available to support the change

- Document concurrence to the change within the change document

- Track the cost impact to the vehicle program for change management activities (variable & supplier toolinppppg)

Sourcing :

- Verify the availability of program budget (variable, supplier tooling) prior to the initial placement of business

- Scrutinize placement costs in excess of target cost or SCIE technical cost

- Track the cost impact to the vehicle program from sourcing activities (variable & supplier tooling)

Checkbook :

- Configure selected vehicle(s) in cost system

- Maintain a checkbook summarizing current status to vehicle target for supplier tooling and for variable cost of specific vehicle configurations

- Provide MR & Finance with updated checkbooks on a regular cadence, discuss cost assessment changes from checkbook to the checkbook and notify the team of spending issues/concerns

Secondary Tasks :

- Approve tooling requisitions in a timely manner within Penta-SAP by confirming the amount on the requisition matches source documents (Target Offset, Change Notice)

- Support annual Product Cost Study by supplying missing purchase order cost information, verify inclusion of approved CNs not yet reflected in purchase orders, verifying BOM structure is complete, and providing a model year to model year reconciliation

Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, MBA is an added advantage

Experience Essential :

- 10-15 years of automotive industry experience with 5 years in vehicle cost synthesis with a Tier1 or OEM

- Engineering/ Vehicle Program Management experience

- Good understanding of BIW / Chassis / Power train / Exterior / Interior / Engine System parts

- Knowledge about vehicle manufacturing process and familiarity of components and their approximate costs

- Good negotiation, problem-solving and customer relationship skills

- Good Presentation and MS Office skills

- Good communication skills (Oral & Written)

Specific Skill Requirement :

- Vehicle Cost Engineering, Vehicle manufacturing process knowledge,

- Engineering/ Vehicle Program Management experience-

- Travel Requirements Should be willing to travel as required by the project requirements

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