Engineer, Costing

The Engineer, costingwillbe responsible for development costing operations,partner with sourcing development and brand stakeholders to drive best in class costing processes and seasonal developmentcosting that support 100’s of millions of dollars’ worthinproduct cost across several VF brands, products and countries.

This individual will support modernization and standardization of costing approachesutilizingconsistent data-driven,automated and efficient processes in partnership with VF product sourcing teams and Vendors in country of manufacturing.

This individual will bring a strong product and manufacturing background and will work closely with the product sourcing and development teams on designing to cost to achieve product cost savings for the organization.

This individual will fully leverage One VF scalethrough the use ofharmonized and scalable fact-based costingmethodologies and will playan important rolein the development sourcing organization with an extensive focus on development costing optimization.

• Connectivity :
  
  Championconnectivity and seamless information sharing acrossvendors and cross-functional stakeholders withinbut not limited tothe sourcing, brand, material, planning organization.

• Operations: Manage seasonal development costing milestones and activities.

• Profitability: Lead negotiation with vendor partnersutilizinginsights and fact-based costing methodologies as well as product engineering todesign tohigher profitability.
  
  Work closely with development sourcing on vendors allocations by providingFOB & Landedcosting perspectives to support sourcing strategies.

• Governance: Ensure costing process adherence by costing operations teams as well as vendors. Track and report on key metrics to ensure established processes are fully aligned with the performance,efficiency and transparency needs of the costing organization.

• Team :
  
  Demonstrates strong leadership byensuringthe best standards of performance,collaboration and partnership across the product supply organization.

• Process Improvements: Achieve improvements in costing activity productivity and efficiency through eliminating redundancies,
  automating repetitivetasksand optimizing processes for maximum value.

• Project Leadership and participation: Lead andparticipateinvariouscross-functional initiatives and conduct specific analyses as needed producing deliverables in a diverse, fast paced environment through extensive collaboration across teams

• Consistentlydemonstratesan attitude of extreme accountability.

• Proactively brings teams together to resolve issues (whether directly in scope of role or not), bring people along the journey and act as a connector between business areas - operating

• with an owner's mindset.

• Effectively partner with key internal / external stakeholders and team members,establishcollectivegoal and partner with stakeholders to achieve it.

• Demonstrated knowledge and genuine interest in further development in the following areas: development costing process/concepts + sourcing and allocation strategies.

• Proven success in adopting change and transformation.

• Experience in business process improvements desired.

• Demonstrated leadership skills in a global matrix environment including strategic and
  innovative thinking.

• Digital and analytical mindset with a passion for efficiency and process innovation

• Abilityto work under pressure in fast paced environment with multiple on-going priorities.

• Min2years of experience in industrial footwear manufacturing/ buying office/ trading company required

• Ability to understand technical specifications, Bill of Materials, footwearconstructions.

• Knowledge in fabric weaving,constructions, different dyeingprocesses will be a plus.

• Knowledge in different embellishments,eg.
  
  Print techniques, embroidery, quiltingwill be a plus.

• Experience in sweaterknits,accessories will be an advantage.

• Ability to influence and drive consensus.

• Experience in adopting change, business processredesignor process reengineering.

• Strong negotiations, analytical and reasoning skills

• Eagerto learn and adopt new methods, tools, technologies.

• Strong in Microsoft offices - especially excel andpowerpoint.

• Good communication skills: diplomatic, open, good listener, direct, succinct

• Language Proficiency:
  Oral and written fluency in English