At Autoliv, our primary goal is Save More Lives. Our products never get a second chance. This is why we can never compromise on quality while continuously improving competitiveness. To support our global growth and cost leadership ambitions, we are strengthening our Value Cost Management organization and are looking for a VCM Manager, Steering Wheels to drive fact-based End to End cost optimization across our product portfolio.

In this role, you will own cost modeling and cost optimization activities for one of our integral product lines (Airbag, Seatbelt, or Steering Wheel), supporting Engineering, Purchasing, Product Line and Sales in making cost-competitive business decisions throughout the product lifecycle.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

Cost Modeling, Greenfield Costing & NOI Support

Global Governance & Best Practice Sharing

Value Engineering & Cost Optimization

Business Partnership & Analytics

Global Product Line Cost Leadership
- Own and continuously improve the global cost modeling framework for your product line.
- Develop and govern global should-cost models,



cost standards, and methodologies.
- Act as the global VCM focal point for product cost competitiveness.
- Perform greenfield cost calculations for core and standard components.
- Support New Order Intake activities with Project Purchasing and Segment Purchasing.
- Develop cost breakdowns and target costs to support sourcing decisions, supplier negotiations, and business cases.
- Validate supplier quotations and maintain product-line cost benchmarks.
- Establish and lead a global product-line VCM forum to drive best-practice sharing and cross-divisional alignment.
- Standardize costing methodologies, master data, and governance processes across divisions.
- Coordinate cost model updates and integrate divisional best practices into global standards.
- Identify and prioritize cost reduction opportunities throughout the product lifecycle.
- Facilitate Value Engineering and Design-to-Cost initia

📌 Value Cost Management Manager, Airbags (Lerma de Villada)
🏢 Autoliv
📍 Lerma de Villada