The CECE/THS Cost Engineer manager will be a GLOBAL MANAGER responsible to manage a worldwide team in charge of providing economic expertise and synthesis on vehicle Thermal System, Cooling, HVAC, Heat Pump perimeter for optimizing technical & commercial performance.
Contributes to the company strategy and performance through definition of performance objectives.
The Cost Engineer Manager will assist the worldwide teams with technical services to estimate component prices for the new technologies.
MISSION:
- Contribute to the Strategic Vision for Sourcing.
- Provide Long-term techno-economical guidance and direction for individuals and projects products.
- Stay one step ahead of the product development, challenge and set contacts with components manufacturing and designers.
- Hierarchical management of an Organization Unit
- Coach, Lead and Guide the Global team
- Ensure team compliance with Costing methodology and global convergence cost model application
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (include but not limited to):
- Research relevant market trends, industrial standards, and innovations
- Support Cost methodology team in build and maintain techno-economical assessment reference for the perimeter
- Support Cost methodology team in build and maintain the regional Model Plant databases
- Lead team to evaluate and negotiate TPC, Vendor tooling, ED&D with Suppliers
- Contribute to CROSS FUNCTIONAL GROUP with Engineering and Purchasing such as SFG, COMMS, D2C
- Perform Competitive Benchmarking and suggest value optimization ideas to programs to ensure the competitiveness of Stellantis solutions
- Multicultural environment covering worldwide perimeter
- Perform Competitive Benchmarking and suggest value optimization ideas to programs to ensure the competitiveness of Stellantis solutions
- Multicultural environment covering worldwide perimeter
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or related scientific field
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in the Auto industry
- Excellent communication skills and ability to create high quality presentation materials and reports for presentation to management levels
- Ability to deal with Negotiation and Conflict in order to challenge and support all internal and external stakeholders
- Good Team Building Soft Skills
- Must demonstrate a high level of organization and ability to track a high number of workstreams to assign to global team
- Proficient in MS Office suite of tools including PowerPoint, Excel and Word
- Ability to interface with all levels of the enterprise, across multiple organizations and regions
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or related scientific field
- Experience in production facilities along with knowledge of metal stamping and welding processes
- Working knowledge of welding line development and the steps required to deliver a solution
- Familiarity with Cost Model elements and how to apply Activity Based Costing to component cost development
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related scientific field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the automotive industry
- Excellent communication and presentation skills for management-level reporting
- Negotiation and conflict resolution abilities with internal and external stakeholders
- Team building and people management skills; ability to coach and lead a global team
- High organization and ability to manage and track multiple global workstreams
- Proficiency in MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
- Ability to interface with all organizational levels across multiple regions
- Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- Experience in production facilities and knowledge of metal stamping and welding processes
- Working knowledge of welding line development and solution delivery steps
- Familiarity with cost model elements and applying Activity Based Costing to component cost development
Stellantis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stellantis and has not been reviewed or approved by Stellantis.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Contract-driven increases lifted hourly wages roughly 25% over 4.5 years and restored cost-of-living adjustments, pushing top rates near $42 per hour by the end of the agreement. Union hourly positions appear to have benefited most since the 2023 deal.
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Affordable Benefits — UAW-represented hourly workers pay no premiums and about 3% of total healthcare costs while receiving comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellness coverage. This creates materially lower out-of-pocket costs for represented hourly roles.
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Retirement Support — Post-2007 hourly hires receive a 10% employer 401(k) contribution and legacy workers saw defined-benefit improvements with retiree bonuses. Salaried roles also cite a 401(k) with employer match and contribution up to a maximum of 8%.
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What We Do
Our storied and iconic brands embody the passion of their visionary founders and today’s customers in their innovative products and services: they include Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall and mobility brands Free2move and Leasys. Powered by our diversity, we lead the way the world moves – aspiring to become the greatest sustainable mobility tech company, not the biggest, while creating added value for all stakeholders as well as the communities in which we operate.
