Manager Costing App - Core Product Operations (m/f/d)

Job description

Country: Germany
Job Function: Product Development

State / Province: Germany
Position Type: Full time

City / Location: Herzogenaurach
Brand: adidas

Relocation:

Somewhere, in one of our workshops right now, the future is taking shape. We are constantly working to redefine the way clothing and footwear transforms the pitch, court or course. This is what drives us: the feeling of discovery and the urge to innovate. When we create a product that makes our hearts beat faster, we know we’re onto something.

If this sounds inspiring, you might be one of us: Someone who loves to create the present, as well as shape the future. There’s a reason adidas has been at the forefront of defining sport for more than 60 years: We never stand still. Everyday, we work to improve everything we create.

At adidas, interesting, amazing and inspiring aren’t just ideas. They are what we do every single day.

Purpose

Drive the overall optimization of product value (engineered cost) and profitability.

Key Accountabilities

· 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

Knowledge, Capabilities and Experience

· 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

Qualifications

· Four-year college or university degree in clothing technology and/or manufacturing or comparable education
· Minimum 3-5 years of work experience in garment/textile industry