Vehicle Cost Coordinator

Posted 18 Days Ago
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Auburn Hills, MI, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Automotive
The Role
Supports vehicle cost management by building cost models, trackers, reconciliations, and component-level targets. Reviews engineering bills of material, performs part and system rollups, identifies cost drivers, and analyzes model-year changes. Partners with engineering, purchasing, plant, sales, and finance teams to validate assumptions and resolve data issues. Maintains data quality, version control, and traceability while preparing concise management-ready analyses and summaries.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities

This position is responsible for:

  • Supporting the Vehicle Cost Manager (Serial Life) in executing PCS/TPC and program economics deliverables for assigned vehicle programs
  • Building and maintaining cost models, trackers, and reconciliations (including component-level targets and cost-to-target gaps)
  • Performing bill of material (EBOM) reviews, part break-out, and system/subsystem rollups to identify cost drivers and changes by model year
  • Partnering with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Purchasing, MGA/Plant, S&M, FP&A) to validate assumptions, resolve data issues, and align on targets
  • Maintaining data quality and version control across tools and repositories; documenting assumptions and changes to support traceability

What You Will Learn:

  • How PCS, TPC, and program cost targets are developed, tracked, and reported
  • How to interpret and use EBOM/STV data to perform rollups and analyze deltas
  • Vehicle systems/subsystems content and how design, sourcing, and manufacturing decisions impact cost
  • Professional communication and story-telling with data for management reviews

What This Role Will Prepare You For:

  • Senior Analyst / Lead Analyst roles in Product Cost, Program Finance, or Vehicle Cost Engineering
  • Program cost leadership assignments (vehicle line, platform, or commodity)
  • Broader controllership and business case roles supporting product development and sourcing
Preferred Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering (ABET preferred), or related field
  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience
  • Experience in automotive finance, product cost, program management, engineering, purchasing, or analytical roles
  • Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel capability (e.g., pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP) and ability to build clear, auditable models
  • Strong communication skills (written and oral) and ability to prepare concise, management-ready summaries
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work effectively with cross-functional partners

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with costing, BOM, or sourcing systems/tools (e.g., EBOM & STV, Cost Service Tool/Checkbook, Fastcar2,
  • QlikSense, GST, PentaSAP)
  • Understanding of vehicle systems/subsystems and ability to translate technical content into cost impacts
  • Advanced user in MS Office suite. Excel (e.g. pivot tables, VLOOKUP, charts), Co-pilot, PowerPoint
  • PowerPoint proficiency and experience creating executive-ready decks and clear narrative summaries
  • Experience supporting forecast/budget processes and/or tooling and variable cost estimating
  • Experience working in a fast-paced environment; proactive, detail-oriented, and continuous improvement mindset

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field
  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience
  • Experience in automotive finance, product cost, program management, engineering, purchasing, or analytical roles
  • Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel capability, including pivot tables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
  • Ability to build clear, auditable models
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to prepare concise, management-ready summaries
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work effectively with cross-functional partners
  • Experience with costing, BOM, or sourcing systems and tools such as EBOM, STV, Cost Service Tool/Checkbook, Fastcar2, QlikSense, GST, or PentaSAP
  • Understanding of vehicle systems and subsystems and ability to translate technical content into cost impacts
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, Copilot, and PowerPoint
  • Experience creating executive-ready PowerPoint presentations and narrative summaries
  • Experience supporting forecast or budget processes and/or tooling and variable cost estimating
  • Experience in a fast-paced environment with a proactive, detail-oriented, continuous-improvement mindset

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%.

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The Company
HQ: Auburn Hills, MI
104,031 Employees

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.

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