Costing Assistant Manager
Location: Ho Chi Minh
Job Description
- Define a competitive costing strategy and implement comprehensive and efficient material costing processes with Dev-Com, Material team, Shoes Costing internally, and T2 suppliers externally.
- Manage and deliver upper material pricing according to each brand’s critical path and margin requirements.
- Actively engage design, development, dev-com, material team, and shoes costing teams to optimize material costs against performance goals.
- Collect 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, and ensure the final material prices are competitive.
- Work closely with the material team and shoes Costing to support the company in achieving margin targets.
- Build strong partnerships with suppliers, establish performance benchmarks, define opportunities, and collaborate with Dev-Com and Material team for improvement.
- Mentor and coach T2 Suppliers Costing.
- Manage and coach the 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 the Shoes Costing team..
Required working experience
- 6+ years of relevant footwear experience in costing and/or manufacturing.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or a related field
Required Languages
- Fluency in English spoken and written.
Required knowledge and skills
- Strong price negotiation skills
- Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against deadlines
- Knowledge of shoes material and costing
- Strong IT systems knowledge and skills including advanced Excel
- High degree of integrity.
