• The material cost associate is part of the finance team that secures the economic success of the product engineering process (PEP).
• The material costs specialist is responsible for supporting financial decisions and economic profit targets of the brand Volkswagen.
• He / She will be responsible for the material costs for specific parts during the development and lifecycle of a development project.
• The function is part of the North American material cost team and is reporting to head of material cost Controlling.
• He / She will be responsible for costs during the development and lifecycle of vehicle projects valued at over 7 billion $.
• He / She will be the project manager (Aggregator) regarding material costs for one pre-series project
• This function also assures material cost transparency and reporting in different vehicle projects.

Pre-series: Managing material costs of parts in vehicle projects (40%)

• Financial evaluation of concepts, parts, modules and comparison of technical solutions
• Plausibility checks and performing cost appraisal and cost optimization of components
• Economic efficiency calculation and decision accounting for selection of alternative technical concepts
• Preparation of financial data for committee presentations and cost reports
• Coordination of assignments (appointment, content, level of detail) with financial project management and technical development
• Coordination of working results with financial project management and technical development

Reporting (5%)

• Generate regular reports with the report systems about the result and costs.
• Explaining and consent of the report data with the process partners.

Target building for parts in pre-series (5%)

• Break down from vehicle target to part target
• Reporting and explanation in procurement meeting

Äko-process: Managing material costs of parts in changing phases (15%)

• Financial evaluation of parts
• Preparation of financial data for committee presentations and cost reports
• Reporting and explanation in Äko meeting
• Generate regular reports with the report systems about the changing result. Explaining and consent of the report data with the process partners.

Managing the material cost aggregation (10%)

• Steer a project team to achieve the required deliverables according to the development process

Series production: Managing material cost optimizing (FMK) and changings (5%)

• Support in cost optimizing process team
• Generate regular reports with the report systems about the result and costs. Explaining and consent of the report data with the process partners.

Tracking and updating process in pre-series and series (15%)

• All activities must be tracked and all reports must become an update

Special topics (5%)

• Various special subjects

• 5 yrs. automotive knowledge

• Bachelor/master degree in mechanical or industrial engineering or bachelor/master degree in business - required
• MBA - desired

• Advanced technical automotive knowledge
• Good analytical capability
• High level of reliability
• Good communication, organization and teamwork skills
• Excellent language skills in English
• Fair foreign language knowledge (Spanish/German)

• Experience in R&D, purchasing and production
• Excellent knowledge in different automotive parts, materials and production methods also whose calculation: different metal and chassis parts, steering and brake systems, fuel tank
• Excellent MS Office knowledge (especially Excel & PowerPoint)
• Good computer system knowledge

• Substantial automotive and supplier industry knowledge
• Specialized knowledge in several cost calculation areas (CPI, contribution margin, direct cost optimization)
• Varying working hours due to project driven workload

• Varying working hours due to project driven workload