Cost Transformation Lead
9 months ago
A leading premium automotive business that are leading the transition towards electric autonomous vehicles.
WHAT TO EXPECT
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cost Transformation Lead to join the Business Performance Commodities and Technologies team. In this role you will have the opportunity to challenge existing thinking, whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style. You will be responsible for driving material (piece) cost idea generation and profit improvement through Body Interior commodities and product teams.
In this position you will work across multiple car lines, leading teams to mature initiatives through to Chief Engineer acceptance on our products. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone that is looking to balance technical and commercial acumen to gain business wide exposure, as you will be able to engage with functions across the entire business to ensure that we achieve our vehicles’ Variable Profit and EBIT % targets through balance of cost, revenue and other levers of the income statement.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
In this role you will act as the day-to-day lead, responsible for building cost reduction and profit improvement roadmaps to achieve a pipeline target across different commodities and COC areas, whilst maintaining and/or improving product quality.
**Further responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:
Data analysis & digital tools utilisation to identify incremental opportunities or risks mitigation and track delivery
Liaising with various business functions to lead or support idea generation through competitor benchmarking
Ensuring appropriate prioritisation of Commodity initiatives based on both business case return and ease of implementation
Managing and developing internal and external cross functional relationships with key stakeholders through effective communication
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
We are looking for someone that has a proven track record of creating and curating cost reduction and profit optimisation opportunity pipelines, with a focus on Automotive body commodities (Interior or Exterior).
**Essential**:
Advanced MS Excel skills (Including pivot tables and charts)
Experience in Automotive body commodities (Interior or Exterior)
Strong technical and commercial awareness, with the ability to understand and build compelling business cases to drive initiative approval
Strong business acumen and financial understanding, including the ability to develop and scrutinise business cases
A proven track record in project and change management/transformation
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