Manager, Costing

VFCorporation; Asia; Presencial; PEN 271.000 - 373.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

VF Corporation seeks a Costing Manager to act as the global focal point for apparel costing, driving standards and margin delivery across the product lifecycle. You will lead end-to-end costing across a global sourcing portfolio, embedding enterprise standards and coaching Senior Costing Engineers in key regions.

Collaborating with Sourcing Development, Engineering, Brand Planning, Product Development, Design & Merch, you will optimize margins, enforce costing governance, and deliver data-driven

Formación

• Strong commercial acumen linking product costs to margin performance.
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling abilities.
• Experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders in a matrixed org.
• Proven ability to coach and lead teams toward continuous improvement.

Responsabilidades

• Own end-to-end costing delivery and governance across regions.
• Validate FOB data, ensure accuracy, and align with margin targets.
• Provide clear visibility on FOB evolution, risks, and variances.
• Lead regional costing through Senior Costing Engineers in key countries.
• Drive cost optimization via vendor negotiations and efficiency initiatives.
• Partner with Product Development, Sourcing, and Finance on targets.
• Consolidate regional inputs into global insights for decision making.

Conocimientos

Costing leadership

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Leadership coaching

Communication

Educación

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

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

The Costing Manager will act as central connector across Finance, PSE and Brand to establish and develop end-to-end product cost governance. This includes:

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 escalation 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

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.

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