Carline Pilot
Headquarters & Technology Center - Auburn Hills
- Automotive
- Full-time
- vehicle cost optimization
- cost savings
- vehicle development
The Carline Pilot drives value optimization for serial life vehicles by managing technical and marketing cost savings during development and implementation phases. They collaborate with project economic managers, engineering teams, and stakeholders to ensure accurate cost tracking, problem-solving, and idea generation for continuous savings. Additionally, they organize workshops and maintain data exchange processes to support cost reduction and compliance with financial rules.
Carline Pilot, driving Value Optimization of Serial Life vehicles by supporting Engineering, Projects and Brands.
Key responsibilities include but not limited to:
Ensure timely implementation & accounting of Technical / Marketing vehicle cost evolutions and content savings on Serial Life projects during development & implementation phase:
- Ensure vehicle savings account on vehicle including drifts
- Ensure that economical amounts and timelines are updated and solid
- Promote savings through proactive collaboration with Project Economic Managers and Engineering
- Ensure consistency of vehicle cost evolution on Finance actuals vs expected savings values
- Support proactively in problem solving and eventual escalation action
Enhance Idea Generation and Global Cross Pollination:
- Organize and conduct Cost Reduction Workshops
- Conduct recurrent stakeholder's meetings to monitor & support decisions on Mkt & Tech Savings
- Support Idea Generation on cost savings based on deep knowledge on vehicle & markets
Promote overall efficiency in the relation & data exchange among Stakeholders for TPC reduction and War
Room output:
- Ensure complete handover and regular exchanges with Idea Generation Team
- Support problem solving and escalation in case of issues
- Feed the War Room with Cost Savings opportunities from internal “Data Lake” of ideas
- Master financial rules and ensure application and compliance
- Support and promote Cost Savings process speed through proper tools / guidelines / instructions




