Mopar Accessories, Competitive Benchmarking Analyst
The Competitive Benchmarking Analyst will have primary responsibility for supporting competitive analysis activities for Mopar Accessories across North American Stellantis brands. This role focuses on evaluating current production vehicle accessory offerings, identifying competitive gaps and trends, and providing data-driven insights that support future accessory portfolio planning and growth strategies.
Primary Responsibilities Include:
- Conducting detailed competitive benchmarking assessments of OEM and aftermarket accessory offerings for current production vehicles.
- Researching competitor Build & Price sites, dealer-installed options, factory upfit programs, and retail accessory portfolios to identify market trends and opportunities.
- Supporting accessory portfolio reviews by gathering and organizing competitive product, pricing, feature, and packaging information.
- Monitoring competitor vehicle launches, accessory announcements, and industry trends to support ongoing portfolio strategy discussions.
- Developing competitive comparison reports, presentations, and executive summaries for Product Planning, Sales, Marketing, and Brand teams.
- Assisting with analysis of accessory pricing, content strategies, and package positioning across competitor vehicle lines.
- Supporting benchmarking activities related to off-road, truck, SUV, lifestyle, protection, appearance, and performance accessory categories.
- Maintaining competitive tracking databases, benchmarking templates, and reporting tools.
- Partnering with Product Planning teams to identify portfolio gaps, white-space opportunities, and future accessory recommendations.
You Will Have the Opportunity To:
- Gain hands-on experience in automotive product planning and competitive analysis.
- Work closely with Product Planning, Marketing, Sales, and Brand teams across multiple Stellantis vehicle brands including Jeep, Ram, Dodge, and Chrysler.
- Develop knowledge of automotive accessories, vehicle personalization trends, and competitive market strategies.
- Contribute to strategic decisions that influence future Mopar accessory portfolios and customer offerings.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Automotive, Finance, Engineering, or related field.
- 5 years of experience in automotive, market research, data analysis, retail, or related business functions.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Ability to gather, organize, and interpret large amounts of competitive information.
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving capability.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Preferred Experience:
- Interest in automotive products, accessories, off-road, truck, or performance markets.
- Experience conducting research, benchmarking, or market analysis projects.
- Familiarity with vehicle configurators, OEM websites, or automotive retail environments.
- Experience with reporting and analytics tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Automotive, Finance, Engineering, or related field
- 5 years of experience in automotive, market research, data analysis, retail, or related business functions
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Ability to gather, organize, and interpret large amounts of competitive information
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving capability
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Interest in automotive products, accessories, off-road, truck, or performance markets
- Experience conducting research, benchmarking, or market analysis projects
- Familiarity with vehicle configurators, OEM websites, or automotive retail environments
- Experience with reporting and analytics tools such as Power BI or Tableau
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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%.
Stellantis Insights
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.
