Job description
- Be a key contributor to Creation Centre growth and profitability by gaining a full understanding of its business potential, anticipating requirements and proposing cost-based solutions to achieve Brand adidas objectives
- In collaboration with Sourcing, Global Planning and Development, contribute to allocation strategies to ensure margin maximization in investigating potential of new sources and trade agreements for assigned global Business Unit
- Ensure availability of costing performance results for global Business Unit at each key milestone for quantitative assessment to facilitate product value/margin/FOB discussion with cross-functional teams, recommend tactical actions/adjustment in season
- Act as a consultant partner within the respective Creation Centre team:
- Provide on demand day to day costing support within the respective Creation Centre
- Provide technical costing expertise to engineer product to cost and enable design to profitability
- Strategically manage globally assigned cost drivers and develop an E2E costing framework to enable saving opportunities and ensure cost optimization by creating a fact based and predictable costing environment
- Develop costing tools and deliver training programs to Marketing, Design and Development to optimize product value and align target and cost and throughout the product creation process
- Support the definition and the monitoring of product costing performance and costing process performance at the key development stages by setting the framework, the KPIs and the communication process
- Support development or enhancement of systems and process to ensure costing requirements are met and to improve costing performance
- Design, Marketing and Brand Operations – Development, Materials, Pattern Maker
- LO/OC Merchandising, Technical Services and Costing
- T1
- Knowledge of material construction
- Strong understanding of cost drivers
- Strong knowledge of production garment construction and manufacturing
- Expert knowledge of cost driver management within a supplier and the entire supply chain
- Good understanding of end2end costing/sourcing process
- Effective communication and negotiation skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Understanding of the respective vision and strategy for the brands. Ability to communicate to LO/OC/T1 the vision and strategy as well as success criteria needed from sourcing and T1 teams
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
- Strong IT skills (MS Office) and ability to work with Product Data Management Systems
- Domestic and International Travel as required
- Four-year college or university degree in clothing technology and/or manufacturing or comparable education
- Minimum 3-5 years of costing work experience in garment/textile industry
AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.
COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.
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