Vehicle System Management Team Analyst

Warren, MI, General Motors. Audit, review Cost Engineering team part level cost estimations & tooling level cost estimations, & analyze material cost, using Program Imperative Management Application & GMCOST, across current/future passenger vehicle programs & component localization plans in low cost countries. Benchmark current & future internal programs, reviewing vehicle bills of material & EWOs. Analyze & execute component & vendor tooling cost reduction opportunities, partnering with purchase & cost engineering function driving cost reduction initiatives. Study & audit tear down of major OEM competitors’ passenger vehicles & perform technical & commercial cost analyse between GM & competitors’ products.

Develop & execute allocated full vehicle target at component level & balance target costs & engineering specs to achieve affordable targets. Represent Product Program Cost Optimization in component level design direction reviews, & select technical solutions for future vehicle carline programs based on selected design concepts. Analyze & validate product program material cost book every 8 weeks & update cost books. Maintain accurate cost books to build customers’ confidence in material cost book. Bachelor, Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or related. 60 months experience as Financial Analyst, Accountant, Finance Manager, Finance Director, or related, auditing, reviewing part/tooling level cost estimations, & analyzing material cost of passenger vehicle program & component localization plan, developing & executing allocated full vehicle target at component level to achieve affordable targets.