Manager, Costing

icebreaker; Asia; Presencial; PEN 413.000 - 585.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

VF Corporation, a global leader in apparel and lifestyle brands, seeks a Senior Costing leader to drive end-to-end global costing. You will own cost standards, lead regional execution, and influence strategic sourcing decisions to improve margins.

You will coach Senior Costing Engineers, partner with Product, Sourcing, and Finance teams, and ensure governance of costing processes across regions, while delivering data-driven insights and continuous improvement.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 6+ years apparel costing or supply chain experience.
• Strong costing governance, margin management, and regional multi-country exposure.
• Advanced analytical and financial modelling capabilities with Excel.
• Knowledge of FOB development, trade dynamics, and vendor economics.
• Experience in a global matrix organization with cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• End-to-End costing delivery across global sourcing, ensuring accuracy and margin targets.
• Own FOB validation, consolidation, and milestone submission with visibility of risks.
• Lead regional costing execution through senior engineers in key regions.
• Drive cost optimization via vendor negotiations and efficiency opportunities.
• Partner with engineering, sourcing, product teams to balance cost, quality and intents.
• Provide insights on economic trends and regional dynamics for decision making.
• Build costing capability through coaching and mentorship of engineers.

Conocimientos

Commercial acumen

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder influence

Leadership

Communication

Change management

Digital mindset

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Textile Engineering / Apparel Manufacturing / Industrial Engineering / Supply Chain / Finance

Herramientas

Excel

Costing tools

Descripción del empleo

ABOUT YOUR ROLE

Acts as the global functional focal point for apparel costing, driving enterprise standards, influencing strategic sourcing decisions, and enabling margin delivery across the product creation lifecycle. Leads end-to-end costing execution across a global sourcing portfolio, ensuring cost accuracy, transparency, and alignment to brand margin targets. Owns global costing delivery by embedding enterprise costing standards into disciplined regional execution, enabled through active leadership, development, and coaching of Senior Costing Engineers within key manufacturing regions. Partners cross-functionally with Sourcing Development, Engineering, Product Supply Enablement (PSE), Brand Planning, Product Development, Design & merch to drive margin optimization, strengthen cost discipline, and enable fact-based, data-driven decision making across the organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. End-to-End Costing Delivery
   • Own global FOB validation, consolidation, and submission across all GTM milestones
   • Ensure costing accuracy, completeness, and alignment to margin targets
   • Provide structured visibility of FOB evolution, risks, and variance to enable decision making
   • Maintain discipline in milestone tracking, forecast accuracy, and buy readiness
2. Cost Governance & Standards Execution
   • Implement and enforce global costing standards, frameworks, and processes across regions
   • Ensure consistency in costing methodologies, assumptions, and tools
   • Own governance of cost changes, exceptions, and approval processes
   • Drive transparency and accountability in costing outcomes
3. Regional Costing Leadership
   • Lead regional costing execution through Senior Costing Engineers in key sourcing countries (e.g., Vietnam, Bangladesh)
   • Set clear expectations, monitor performance, and ensure delivery against timelines and targets
   • Drive alignment of regional execution to global costing strategy and operating model
   • Identify and buoy risks impacting cost performance or GTM readiness
4. Cost Optimization & Commercial Impact
   • Lead vendor-facing cost negotiations and cost engineering initiatives
   • Identify opportunities across materials, construction, and manufacturing efficiency to improve margins
   • Partner with Engineering, Sourcing and Product teams to balance cost, quality, and product intent
   • Support sourcing allocation decisions through cost competitiveness insights
5. Cross-Functional Partnership
   • Partner with Product Development, Merchandising, Sourcing, PSE, and Finance to align on cost targets and margin delivery
   • Provide insights on economic trends, cost drivers, trade impacts, and regional dynamics to inform decision making
   • Contribute to integrated planning and cost projection discussions
6. Reporting & Insights
   • Lead structured costing communication at key GTM milestones
   • Consolidate regional inputs into clear, actionable global insights
   • Highlight risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to stakeholders
7. Capability Building
   • Build costing capability across regions through coaching and guidance of Sr Costing Engineers
   • Develop team discipline in:
     • Costing fundamentals
     • Analytical rigor
     • Stakeholder communication

COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

Strong commercial acumen with the ability to connect product costs, sourcing strategies, margin performance, and business outcomes. Demonstrated analytical thinking and problem-solving capability, with the ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations. Proven ability to influence and build alignment across cross-functional stakeholders in a complex, matrixed environment. Strong leadership capability with experience coaching, developing, and leading teams while driving accountability and continuous improvement. Results-oriented with a strong ownership mindset and ability to deliver in a fast-paced, milestone-driven environment. Effective communicator with the ability to simplify complex topics and influence decision-making through clear insights and business storytelling. Proven change agent with the ability to drive process standardization, governance, and adoption of new ways of working. Digital and continuous improvement mindset with a passion for leveraging data, systems, and technology to improve performance.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in Textile Engineering, Apparel Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.

6+ years of experience in apparel sourcing, manufacturing, product costing, cost engineering, or supply chain operations, including multi-country sourcing environments.

Strong expertise in apparel costing, garment construction, manufacturing processes, material cost drivers, and vendor economics.

Proven track record of delivering cost optimization, cost engineering, and vendor negotiation initiatives that improve margin performance.

Strong understanding of FOB development, cost forecasting, margin management, and costing governance processes.

Advanced analytical and financial modeling capabilities, including proficiency in Excel and costing tools.

Knowledge of global sourcing dynamics, trade regulations, tariffs, and regional manufacturing competitiveness.

Experience working in a global matrix organization with cross-functional stakeholder management responsibilities.

R-20260707-0005 VF Corporation habille les consommateurs partout dans le monde grâce à son portefeuille diversifié de marques emblématiques de style de vie, notamment Vans®, The North Face® et Timberland®. Fondée en 1899, VF est l’une des plus importantes entreprises mondiales de vêtements, de chaussures et d’accessoires. Elle exerce ses activités de façon socialement et écologiquement responsable dans de nombreuses régions du monde, catégories de produits et canaux de distribution. VF s’engage à offrir des produits novateurs aux consommateurs et à créer une valeur durable pour ses clients et ses actionnaires.

VF Corporation outfits consumers around the world with its diverse portfolio of iconic lifestyle brands, including Vans®, The North Face®, and Timberland®. Founded in 1899, VF is one of the world's largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies with socially and environmentally responsible operations spanning numerous geographies, product categories and distribution channels. VF is committed to delivering innovative products to consumers and creating long-term value for its customers and shareholders.

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