Ford Motor Company

Cost Analyst, HEV & EV Battery Enclosures and Cooling

Ford Motor Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Dearborn • Missouri • United States

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Salary

💰 $96,720 - $162,120 per year

About the role

  • Develop piece cost and tooling estimates for assigned commodities which requires an extensive understanding of manufacturing cost structure and supply base capability.
  • Support cost target setting, commercial pricing agreements, and change control processes for forward and current model vehicle programs by delivering accurate estimates including detailed cost gap analysis.
  • Support vehicle teardowns, benchmark standard methodologies, and identify material cost reduction opportunities.
  • Actively support strategic commodity initiatives with relevant cost analyses
  • Develop and deliver executive level presentations to senior leadership in support of the cost analysis being performed in a clear, concise, and convincing manner.
  • Ensure reasonable, physical-based, Best-In-Class assumptions for part manufacturing of their respective commodities and convincingly convey principles to stakeholders & partners.
  • Demonstrate strong understanding of differences between Activity Based Costing, volume-based costing, and “Should Cost”. Provide technical guidance and variance explanations between ABC, suppliers’ costing methodologies, and “Should Cost” estimates.
  • Facilitate and participate on supplier plant visits, preferably with Supply Chain and STA, to support benchmarking, data gathering, training, negotiations, or other activities as needed to ensure physical-based cost estimates, quantifiable gap analyses, and viable cost reductions.
  • Provide negotiation support to Supply Chain as they engage senior supplier representatives to achieve material cost reductions.
  • Deliver robust cost estimates and analyses in support of Program Lifecycle, TVM, Benchmarking, etc., as required to drive design and commercial cost reductions.
  • Support 4+ day onsite requirement with occasional travel to both Ford and Supplier facilities

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required in related field (Engineering, Business, Finance, etc)
  • 5+ years of business and/or finance experience with 3+ years of manufacturing experience
  • 3+ years of experience in automotive component manufacturing processes
  • A Cost Estimator/Cost Analyst should possess experience in more than one of the following:
  • * Metal Casting: Ferrous, AL, Mg
  • * Extrusion
  • * Machining
  • * Plastic Injection Molding & Plastic Finishing
  • * Stamping & Welded Assemblies
  • Demonstrated history of driving agile transformation in a costing environment.
  • Exceptional communication (oral & written), facilitation, team building, conflict resolution and collaboration skills in cross-functional, diverse environments
  • Experience implementing advanced agile approaches utilizing data analytics and the use of AI to help modernize and improve efficiency
  • Persuasive storytelling abilities with the ability to instigate momentum in complex matrixed environments.
  • A hyper collaborative mindset and ability to partner with teams and leaders regardless of level.
  • Experience using Estimating Software to develop Optimal and Should Cost Estimates
  • Ability to construct and analyze manufacturing costs of components by reviewing drawings, engineering specifications, and functional requirements.
  • Ability to assess cost benefit analysis of different supplier manufacturing methods.
  • Ability to maintain data integrity and accuracy and use data to identify and solve problems
Benefits
  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
  • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
  • Tuition assistance
  • Established and active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for individual and team community service
  • A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
  • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
cost estimationcost analysisActivity Based Costingvolume-based costingShould Costmanufacturing cost structuredata analyticscost benefit analysismetal castingplastic injection molding
Soft Skills
communicationfacilitationteam buildingconflict resolutioncollaborationpersuasive storytellingagile transformationhyper collaborative mindsetnegotiation supportexecutive level presentations