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Slate Auto
Troy, Michigan; The Center
Source: Slate Auto careers · View original posting
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At Slate, we’re building safe, reliable vehicles that people can afford, personalize and love—and doing it here in the USA as part of our commitment to reindustrialization. The spirit of DIY and customization runs throughout every element of a Slate, because people should have control over how their trucks look, feel, and represent them.
Slate Auto is on a mission to build an affordable, capable truck for everyday Americans. The Cost Reduction Program Manager is a critical role in making that mission a reality. This position is responsible for leading the cost reduction workstream end to end, converting the pipeline into signed, supplier-validated, governance-tracked commitments, and coordinating the cross-functional team to execute batch implementation of cost reduction items prior to Job 2 and through the Job 2 launch.
Cost Reduction Workstream Leadership
The Cost Reduction Program Manager is responsible for the cost reduction operating cadence: governance meetings, a supplier-by-supplier commitment register, accountability per targeted component, and launch-risk flags on every open item. This role is responsible for maintaining clear separation between bookable SOP savings and pipeline items in all leadership materials, and for driving the workstream from identification through feasibility, supplier confirmation, and commercial close.
Batch Implementation Coordination
Responsible for leading the planning and execution of batch cost reduction implementations ahead of Job 2 and within the Job 2 program. This role drives cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Purchasing, Cost Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing to sequence change actions in a way that minimizes disruption to production, consolidates supplier change events, and maximizes the number of items implemented cleanly at defined production milestones.
Responsible for the implementation tracker and ensuring every item has a confirmed timing commitment against a production build event.
Job 2 Program Management
Responsible for leading the Job 2 workstream through planning, execution, and launch across the primary cost-down programs. This role drives program timing, supplier feasibility and quote confirmation, and validation and re-certification sequencing, and ensures Job 2 exits with a clean, fully implemented BOM.
Cross-functional Coordination
This role partners directly with the Chief Engineer to align on priorities, sequence change actions, and drive implementation decisions across the program. Working alongside the Chief Engineer, this role is responsible for aligning Purchasing, Cost Engineering, FP&A, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality around a shared implementation plan and holding each function accountable to their commitments.
Responsible for surfacing cost and timing conflicts early, escalating where needed, and ensuring cost reduction does not become a source of launch risk. This role represents cost reduction status in Ops/Business Reviews and Industrialization Governance.
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