ABOUT YOUR ROLE:  

The Senior Costing Manager will build and lead the development costing function for apparel or footwear and equipment. This leader will be responsible for development costing operations that support 100’s of millions of dollars’ worth of product cost across several VF brands and products.  This leader will support transformation from several decentralized costing approaches to cohesive and consistent data-driven, automated and efficient processes. This leader will bring a strong product and manufacturing background and will be a key partner to the sourcing and development teams on designing to cost to achieve product cost savings for the organization. The individual will bring a strong lean, digital and analytical mindset to the organization and fully leverage “One VF” scale through use of harmonized and scalable fact-based costing methodologies. The costing leader will play an important role in the Product Supply Organization with an extensive focus on process optimization. This leader will have primary responsibility for training, coaching and mentoring the development costing associates. The individual will partner closely with other functions in the Costing Organization, product supply teams, Product Vendors to ensure process and best practice adherence. 

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE: 

Include but not limited to 

Profitability: Identify opportunities to design to higher profitability utilizing insights provided by the Costing Intelligence team and the Operational Costing team within GPC 

Governance: Ensure seamless and automated communication of costing information between Product Vendors and other functions in the Costing Organization for timely and agile cost management.  

Connectivity: Support connectivity and information sharing among Product Vendors, Sourcing, Global Material Supply, Finance, Engineering and Suppliers that enables a valuable One-VF Global Costing Strategy.  

Team: Build, develop and motivate the Development Costing team through strong leadership and ensure the best standards of performance. Identify and develop talent to ensure appropriate skill sets and strong succession plans are in place. 

Training: Create and facilitate training program to support onboarding and development of Development Costing associates. 

Process Improvements: Achieve improvements in productivity and efficiency through eliminating redundancies, automating repetitive tasks and optimizing processes for maximum value.  

Standardization: Ensure processes adherence across all brands and regions to leverage one-VF scale and operating procedures across the enterprise. 

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

Travel: 10%  

WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU: 

Competency requirements:  

Highly collaborative and trusted leader with solid change management skills  

Proven success in leading change and transformation 

Respected leader with experience in business process improvements 

Experience building key partnerships, managing multiple stakeholder groups, and consistently delivering business results in a manner that fits with VF’s guiding principles  

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 

Skill Requirements: 

Experience in industrial garment manufacturing / buying office / trading company required 

Knowledge of manufacturing operating costs required 

Experience in leading change 

Ability to influence and drive consensus 

Strong analytical and reasoning skills  

Strong in organization development and administration 

Good commercial acumen 

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