职位描述Details
Purpose:
Support the Head of Costing by building a transparent, fact-based and consistent costing platform for the responsible brands or divisions. Focus on products and customers to drive optimization of price/value ratio.
Key Responsibilities:
Build, train and manage a results-oriented Costing team, collaborating closely with Development, Materials and other key functions within the LO and the respective factories.
Proactively identity and capitalize on cost savings opportunities, and ensure price/value optimization.
Handles the entire costing operations of defined product ranges or brands.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Provide timely, fact-based, quality cost information to headquarters, factories and other liaison offices.
With Development, ensure seasonal product lines are confirmed within acceptable cost target parameters, on a timely basis. Meet activation/buy ready deadlines.
Continually drive costing process improvement. Establish and enforce standardized costing procedures across all adidas-Salomon brands and divisions in respective LO and throughout the organization.
Build loyal, mutually beneficial business models with factories through collaboration and teamwork based on confirmed standards and an understanding of the cost drivers within each factory and the adidas product.
Conduct research and analysis function to compliment and support the activities of the Global Costing organization. Create business intelligence within the Costing team through a comprehensive understanding of the business economics of adidas-Salomon, key suppliers and competitors.
Collaborate closely with all departments to ensure all adidas products and processes are developed to meet and exceed customer targets, while balancing customer expectation in regards to quality, delivery and cost.
Coaches and trains direct reports and factory costing (if necessary) in all aspects of the costing procedures and processes. Active