The Role
The Vehicle Cost Coordinator supports cost management for vehicle programs by building models, performing reviews, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain cost data integrity.
Summary Generated by Built In
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
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 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
- Strong communication skills and ability to prepare concise summaries
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Experience with costing, BOM, or sourcing systems/tools
- Understanding of vehicle systems/subsystems
- Advanced user in MS Office suite
- Experience supporting forecast/budget processes
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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