Project Cost Controller Secteur automobile

Job description:

The Project Economics Controller (PEC) under the operational authority of Project Economics Manager (PEM) is accountable for managing and consolidating R&D and CAPEX expenses of the project and participates to achieve assigned targets by conducting all relevant action plans

Main activities:

Establishes the project expenses status

• Monitors operationally expenses under his/her responsibility (make/buy investments launching costs supplier ED&D and PSO Purchase Services Others)
• Synthesizes the global expenses of the project by adding FTE and validation means (lead by Planning Manager)
• Retrieves Buy costbook from CTPC/PCP costbook coordinator
• Establishes multi-year expenses view as well as needed splits (annual by project region)
• Guarantees the source the quality and the consistency of data used in expenses synthesis
• Builds and updates the Risks and Opportunities portfolio for expenses with PEM

Leads action plans to converge to assigned targets

• Contributes during the projects convergence phase to definition of robust expenses targets (with Product Planning)
• Proposes expenses targets to the different stakeholders and actors involved in the project (Engineering GPSC for sourcing..)
• Proposes action plans for expenses under his/her responsibility if target is not met

Manages the project annual budget

• Monitors project expenses (including comparison between actual expenditure and budget) and establish annual & monthly forecasts including annual indirect costs budget
• Manages action plans with all stakeholders (Purchasing Engineering) to meet annual/monthly forecast
• Controls and validates expenses workflows (R&D investments)

Prepares the project entry into mass production