The Project Cost Specialist is responsible for managing the budget for new model programs from appropriation approval through project closure. The position will interact with Vehicle Process Engineering, Product Engineering, Purchasing, Industrial Strategy, and Manufacturing Finance on all matters relating to new model investment. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Serving as single point of contact for program investment
- Establishing Project Funding (appropriation request creation) & Tracking Status to Budget
- Reviewing and assigning appropriate accounting classification to requisitions
- Leading weekly investment status meetings with program execution teams and escalating investment concerns
- Leading requisition approval meetings with stakeholders
- Forecasting program spend and performing variance analysis
- Determining corporate program liability / identify program favorability
- Leading periodic reviews with manufacturing executing leadership
- Supervising investment analyst
- Utilizing SAP and MS Office applications
- Working closely with VPE execution teams to ensure issuance of commitments consistent with program timing.
- Developing and improving work methods.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3 or more years of Automotive experience
- Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, Power point)
- Excellent communication and computer skills
- Excellent problem solving/analytical skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and interface with all levels of management and labor
- Highly motivated self-starter and change agent
Preferred Qualifications:
- Working Knowledge of MEDDs, PentaSAP, Manufacturing Portal, and MCE Global Portal
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 3 or more years of Automotive experience
- Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Experience using SAP
- Excellent communication and computer skills
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and interface with all levels of management and labor
- Highly motivated self-starter and change agent
- Working knowledge of MEDDs, PentaSAP, Manufacturing Portal, and MCE Global Portal
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.
