Job Title: Lead Costing Manager
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead the Material Costing team, facilitating costing capabilities for new palette materials, creating and maintaining ongoing tools, and executing cost consolidation programs for maximum ROI.
- Translate raw materials market data into negotiation targets, create negotiation and costing strategies, conduct cost execution with key suppliers, track seasonal development cost progress, and capture value through operational reporting.
- Unlock aggregated volume across similar materials to expand multi-source capabilities while improving finish goods COGs margins.
- Work closely with Materials Costing leadership and drive a critical cross-functional partnership with Material Sourcing, Partner/Materials Management, Operations, Finance and Global Business Planning teams.
- Connect with Material Developers, Designers, Chemical Engineers, Suppliers, and Factory Partners to understand product excellence requirements, manufacturing processes, and associated sustainability initiatives.
- Serve as an integral contact for multi-source costing levers, 3PL providers, material trends, strategies and metrics.
Skills Required:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of Material Costing, Finance, Material Development experience or 6+ years of Sourcing, Manufacturing, Operations, or Supply Chain.
- Leadership and proven independent project management experience.
- Knowledge of footwear/apparel construction, material manufacturing, and costing preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficient with Smartsheet, Jira, Miro, and Tableau. Advanced MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills preferred. Knowledge of Alteryx, SQL, and Python a plus.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams through change, collaborate, and ability to gain buy-in for business plans.
About SSi People:
With over 26 years of industry experience, SSi People has built its reputation and expertise on putting people first. Everything we do works toward delivering an exceptional experience for our consultants, our clients, and our internal team. Through a genuine commitment to people in everything we do. We have developed refined processes and a stellar internal team to deliver talent quickly. More importantly, we focus on building long-term relationships, not transactions. Putting people first is just what we do well.