Supporting Head of Footwear Costing and particularly in line with Brand Costing strategic direction, optimize product cost for Footwear product.
Maximize Margin opportunity through the leveraging of key levers by implementing costing standardization and strengthen Costing strategy.
Strongly coordinate and facilitate all Costing related topics internally and externally with the numbers of stakeholders.
Your mission:
Costing direction & Costing projects: Supporting head of Footwear Costing to drive footwear Costing direction and Strategy & Costing Projects, be able to communicate Costing projects throughout the Organization and take a lead to drive the team effort by ensuring the implementation and execution in place
Communication: Be able to represent Costing function in the Organization to Communicate Costing initiatives , Be capable of providing Costing insights and Costing guidance and the ability of managing stakeholders internally and externally
Manufacturing Partnership & Negotiation: Own the costing relationship with the key manufacturers. Lead high-stakes price negotiations and build strategic partnership, and provide on the ground intelligence to inform Costing and Sourcing decisions.
Cost optimization: Deliver customized Costing training to the Creation & Sourcing team to drive cost consciousness and Support the team to optimize product cost by leveraging the costing approach
Profitability: Actively contribute to Margin maximization, through key levers such as Costing Standardization, Costing engineering, Pattern efficiency, Material Cost strategy and any other profitability related initiatives with the aim to deliver product value to the consumer while improving company profitability.
Processes & Systems: Be the part of system & process enhancement to drive Costing automation and process efficiency and effectiveness
Governance: act as gatekeeper to ensure that all costing manuals & standards, processes & policies and Costing system are understood and correctly applied consistently by suppliers and eventually leading the practice of Costing auditing
Trends: Stay up to date on footwear industry and business trends and drivers to support proactive adjustment to the dynamic cost environment.
Team Leadership & Development: Lead, Mentor and develop the individual team members. Possesses the emotional intelligence to motivate, provide constructive feedback and unlock the potential of each team member
Your story:
University degree in business, economics, accounting, engineering; and with the passion for numbers and value engineering
7+ years experience working at a premium footwear brand, technical experience and knowledge of product construction, manufacturing methods and with Sourcing planning will be a plus
Excellent commercial sense and very analytical mindset
Advanced project management skills with the ability of storytelling
Proficiency in both Excel and PPT
Strong price negotiation skills and impeccable integrity
Critical thinking and be able to challenge status quote and drive Costing project in the collaborative way.
Be able to motivate/ guide team to reach individual and team goals
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a fast-paced, cross-cultural, and cross-functional environment
