Costing Analyst (8 Month Contract)

Vans; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail corporation based in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Costing Analyst for an 8-month contract. This role focuses on operational costing that supports significant product costs. Responsibilities include managing costing calendars, providing insights for cost negotiations, and collaborating with various stakeholders to optimize costing operations. Ideal candidates should have 1-2 years of experience in costing operations and strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in a global matrix environment.
• Digital and analytical mindset with a passion for efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Manage seasonal costing calendar and associated activities.
• Provide timely and relevant insights to sourcing and costing stakeholders.
• Assist on direct reporting needs from the brand or product sourcing.

Skills

Collaboration

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Team player

Education

1 to 2 years of experience in Costing / Operations

Tools

Product Lifecycle Management – PLM

Enovia

Tableau

INFORNexus

Advanced Excel skills

Job description

ABOUT YOUR ROLE:
The Costing Analyst (8-months), Operational Costing primarily based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will be a part of the Costing Management function in the Product Supply Enablement organization at VF Corporation. Located at Kuala Lumpur, the Costing Analyst, Operational Costing for [APP, FTW/EQ] is responsible for costing operations that support 100’s of millions of dollars’ worth of product cost across VF’s portfolio of brands and products. This professional will support modernization and standardization of costing approaches utilizing consistent data-driven, automated and efficient processes in partnership with VF product sourcing teams and product supply Vendors in the country of manufacturing.

This individual will fully leverage “One VF” scale through use of harmonized and scalable fact-based costing methodologies. The costing professional will play an important role with a focus on operational costing optimization. The individual will partner closely with other functions in the Product Supply Organization to ensure process and best practice adherence.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Operations: Ability to manage seasonal costing calendar and associated activities (cost validation, system updates, maintenance), support with information for negotiation with vendors and cost related analysis.
• Operations: To manage buy price updates for Purchase Order creations
• Operations: Ability to manage multiple business models / styles with different factories / costing submissions simultaneously in a short lead-time.
• Profitability: Provide timely and relevant insights to the respective Sourcing and Costing stakeholders, supported by the Materials and Costing Intelligence teams, to identify opportunities to design to higher profitability and support cost negotiations with Vendors.
• Connectivity: Assemble and deliver information to Product Sourcing, Brand, Product Vendors, Planning, Material Supply, Logistics, Costing Manager and Engineering that enables a valuable One-VF Global Costing Strategy.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate and align across PSE & Product Sourcing Organization as well as with the vendors through continuous communication and proactively bring forth ideas for process improvements.
• Reporting: Assist on direct reporting needs from Brand / Product Sourcing / Costing manager not limited to Costing Data Warehouse update, Margin review reports, Purchase Infor Records (PIR), and other tasks as assigned by the reporting manager.
• Process Improvements: Provide input in support of improving costing activity productivity and efficiency through eliminating redundancies, automating repetitive tasks, and optimizing processes.
• Standardization: Ensure processes adherence within your scope of brands and vendors to leverage one-VF scale and operating procedures across the enterprise.
• Travel: Minimal travel required

WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU

• Competency requirements: Highly collaborative and trusted professional with a strong work ethic
• Competency requirements: Ability to adopt change and transformation.
• Competency requirements: Ability to manage multiple stakeholder groups and deliver business results in a manner that fits with VF’s guiding principles.
• Competency requirements: Experience in business improvements desired
• Competency requirements: Experience in a global matrix environment including strategic and innovative thinking.
• Competency requirements: Digital and analytical mindset with a passion for efficiency and process innovation
• Competency requirements: Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Competency requirements: Team Player and with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Skill Requirements: Ability to embrace change.
• Skill Requirements: Good analytical and reasoning skills
• Skill Requirements: Eager to learn and adopt new methods, tools, technologies.
• Skill Requirements: Good communication skills: diplomatic, open, good listener, direct, succinct
• Skill Requirements: Language Proficiency: Oral and written fluency in English
• Skill Requirements: System Proficiency (Product Lifecycle Management – PLM, Enovia, Tableau, INFORNexus)
• Skill Requirements: Strong Microsoft Office Proficiency (i.e., Advance Excel skills)
• Skill Requirements: 1 to 2 years of experience in Costing / Operations (Apparel, Footwear, Equipment / Accessories industries) desired.