Manager Footwear Costing

Purpose:

A key player in Global Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry. Manage costing performance of the Sourcing Liaison Offices (LO) through implementation of Sourcing Costing strategies, policies, processes, systems, and standards, assuring company go-in margin targets are met and optimizing landed costs through a clear understanding of economic trends and trade opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collect relevant data/information for selected products/ranges or categories for projects as well as participating as project members in projects.
• Leverage data analytics skills and manufacturing process knowledge to analyze and interpret data, supporting the continuous improvement initiative. 
• Collaborate closely with E&MI, Costing Development, Materials, Chemical Engineering, and other key functions across LO and respective factories to ensure that the end goal is achieved.

Key Relationships

• Global Sourcing: Sourcing Operations, Costing
• Global Operations: Business Unit Costing Operations
• External stakeholder: Tier 1 Costing

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong analytical and systematic approach to consolidate and communicate information
• Good presentation, negotiation, influencing, people, and communication skills
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; experience with Product Data Management (PDM) systems
• Proficient in data analysis using advanced Excel, Power BI, and SQL
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across functions and stakeholders
• Having a chemical engineering background is a plus

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree, or technical degree in apparel, footwear, or manufacturing
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in the apparel & footwear industry with costing responsibility 
  
• Commitment for 6-month employment contract