Job Details

Core Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing programs in development and current production programs to achieve and maintain the approved business case metrics of profitability and return on investment.

• Great broad skill set includes analytical, communication, strategic thinking, and technical knowledge of the products. 

• Outstanding organization and documentation skills and high attention to analytical details.

• Provides leadership in communication, character, critical thinking, change mastery, conflict resolution, & coaching and teaming.

• Responsibility for Business Planning, Product Costing, Product Pricing, on financial issues.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Develop New Business Plans which assess Return on Investment.

• Support Quotations to be submitted to Customers.

• Work with a complex bill of material to understand and cost a product, and related cost drivers.

• Work with a variety of manufacturing processes and related costs.

• Able to develop customer financial strategies, evaluate business cases, manage all aspects of the quote process and communicate effectively.

• Attend project team meetings/lead project finance meetings.

• Follow-up on open financial issues until they are resolved.

• Perform monthly financial updates for top management (Program Reviews, Launch Readiness Review, etc.)

• Understands the automotive industry, market forces, customer systems, target setting process and typical negotiating strategies.

• Set cost targets for suppliers, support Make vs Buy Decisions.

• Providing input for plants/engineering/tooling for Profit Plan/Forecast.

• Control development spending and challenge the team to identify ways to reduce cost.

• Initiate and support product cost reduction efforts

• Ensure/maintain Metrix/Fiori for all new programs through Start of Production.

• Tooling/discrete PO invoicing

Basic Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree is required in Business, Finance, Engineering, or Program Management

• 5-7 years’ experience related to financial management or project management

• Automotive experience is required

• Strong finance skills and familiarity with business case preparation - financial metrics (ROS%, IRR%, ROA %)

• Strong organizational and communication skills (both written and verbal)

• Proficient in advanced MS Excel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree such as an MBA

• Cost estimating experience

• Understanding of Adient's financial systems (HFM, SAP, Fiori) and processes (order to cash, billing and accounts receivable)

• Proven excellence in supervisory and financial skills