SRT Cost Manager

The SRT Cost 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)Excel commands (Vlookup, pivot tables)Cost Service Tool / Vehicle Program CheckbookFastcar2EBOM & STVSMAK (Vehicle volume tracking)QlikSenseProduct Cost Study (PCS) CPA Year over Year ToolGlobal Sourcing Tool (GST) & Sourcing Offset FormsPentaSAPGlobal Bulletin SystemBasic Qualifications:Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Finance or related field.Minimum of 10 years of Automotive Industry experience in vehicle / component design / release engineering, vehicle finance cost, program management, and / or component cost analysis Excellent leadership communications / people skills Attention to detailAble to manage change and present ideas / concepts to all levels of managementAble to motivate and lead people that do not report directly to you MS Office skills(Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)Preferred Qualifications:Advanced technical or management degreeExcellent relationship building skillsAbility to present ideas and concepts successfully to all levels of managementAbility to productively manage changeExcellent communication skills (oral and written)Excellent MS Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)Engineering vehicle cost analysis experienceFamiliarity with finance terminologyExperience using financial management systems (Fastcar2 is preferred)Tooling and variable cost estimatingBrand: FCA GroupJob ID: 2020239Employment Type: Full-timeJob Area: EngineeringPosted Date: 23/07/2026