Job Description

Job Reference L9Y58W7Y

Responsibilities

Strategy and Development:

• Define a competitive costing strategy, drive to implement comprehensive and efficient material costing processes with Dev-Com, Material team, Shoes Costing internally and T2 suppliers externally.

General and Task Management:

• Manages and delivers upper material pricing according to each brands critical path and margin requirements.
• Actively engage design, development, dev-com, material team and shoes costing teams, drive a collaborative process to optimize material costs against performance goals.
• Collecting raw material marketing price and manufacture cost information, analyze and evaluate raw material prices and LOP costs from T2 suppliers.
• Review T2 cost analysis details, negotiate seasonal price with T2 suppliers for material cost, LOP, ensure the final material prices are competitive.
• Work closely with material team and shoes Costing to support company to achieve margin target.
• Build strong partnerships with suppliers, establish performance benchmark, define opportunities and collaborate with Dev-Com and Material team for improvement.

People Management:

• Manage and coach Material Costing team by material category.
• Set aligned OKRs (Objective/Key Results) by brand, review and assess ongoing performance with other team members.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with Shoes Costing team.

Education/Certifications:

University degree or above

Work Experience:

8+ years of relevant footwear experience in costing and/or manufacturing with

Skills/Competencies:

Fluency in English spoken and written

Strong price negotiation skills

Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against deadlines

Knowledge of shoes material and costing.

Strong Microsoft systems knowledge & skills including advanced Excel

Product Lifecyle Management System experience

High degree of integrity

Must be able to see, hear, speak and write clearly in order to communicate with employees and/or other customers.

Manual dexterity required.