Project Cost Manager– MEA Region (Pipeline)

About Our Pipelining Initiative at Stellantis HQ MEA

At Stellantis HQ MEA, we are proactively building a pipeline of top talent to support our strategic growth and transformation across the Middle East & Africa region. This initiative allows us to identify and engage with high-potential candidates ahead of future openings, ensuring we are ready to move quickly when opportunities arise.

Global Mission:

The Project Cost Manager (PCM) under the authority of the Chief Vehicle Engineer, is accountable for achieving the economic targets of the project (TPC and Expenses), by conducting the relevant action plans for their establishment, consolidation and steering

Responsibilities:

Establishes the project economical situation and leads the associated action plans,

* Guarantees the source, the quality and the consistency of data used by the costbook team for the calculation of the Forecasted TPC,
* Builds and updates the TPC Risks and Opportunities portfolio and calculate the Potential TPC,
* Monitors expenses under his/her responsibility (make/buy investments, Launching costs, Supplier Ed&D …) *
* Synthesizes the global expenses of the project by adding Human resources / headcounts and Validation Means (lead by the Planning Manager) *,
* Builds and updates the Risks and Opportunities portfolio linked to investment costs (development & industrial) *,

Leads the project economical optimization to reach economic targets

* Contributes, during the project’s convergence step, to the definition of robust and global economic objectives (with Product Planning):
* Builds and updates the economical optimization plan of the project with the different stakeholders
* Quotes the product and industrial scenarii (investment costs, TPC)
* Participates in the project economical profitability studies conducted by Product Planning, and analyze the data and results to generate action plans
* Provides financial targets to the different stakeholders and actors involved in the project (Engineering,..), and part by part targets for sourcing*
* Provides economical studies (profitability) to the project for orientation/decisions
* Validates the economical impact during project decision meetings

Manages the project annual budget,

* Prepares the financial framing of expenses directly allocated to the project on an annual basis and per stakeholders*
* Monitors project expenses (including comparison between actual expenditure and budget) and establish annual & monthly forecasts *
* Manages action plans with all stakeholders (Purchasing buyers, Engineering) to meet annual/monthly forecast *
* Control and validate the expenses workflows*

Prepares the project entry into mass production,

* Ensures with Finance and Purchasing a correct first serial price calculation (TPC)
* Compiles the list of both actual costs and remaining expenses in terms of investments and prepare the transfer of his/her activities to series life teams,
* Transfers to serial life projects expenses remaining to be done. And establish aTPC risks and opportunities portfolio applicable in serial life.

* Program Cost Controler (Pilo)t acts as a deputy of the Project Cost Manager on the activities related to expenses management – one head per program.

Must-Have Skills

* In-depth field experience regarding supply chain processes, related costs & investments.
* Ability to optimize supply chain processes for maximum efficiency and cost.
* Uncompromising ability to investigate and challenge technical and financial data.
* A results-driven business mindset, capable of making well-supported suggestions.
* Fluency in English and local language(s).

Why Join Stellantis MEA?

Joining Stellantis MEA means becoming part of a global mobility leader committed to innovation, sustainability, and talent development across the region. You’ll contribute to impactful projects in a dynamic and inclusive environment.

What We Offer:

* Career opportunities in an international setting
* Strategic and innovative projects
* Inclusive and collaborative culture

Interested?

Apply now to join our talent pool. We’ll reach out when a matching opportunity becomes available.

At Stellantis, we assess candidates based on qualifications, merit and business needs.

We welcome applications from people of all gender identities, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation and disability. Diverse teams will allow us to better meet the evolving needs of our customers and care for our future.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their contribution. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process as required. Please add any adjustment requests to your application. is entrusted with the critical mission of scrutinizing the entire logistic process design and evaluating preliminary decisions in the target plant. They are expected to approach each aspect with a challenging mindset, aiming to minimize costs and investments. Their expertise will be pivotal in preparing comparative profitability analyses for alternative process scenarios, providing the management team with sensible suggestions that enable informed best-cost decision-making.