Cost Strategy Manager – Apparel & Accessories

Peter Millar LLC; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Peter Millar LLC in North Carolina seeks a Product Cost Engineering Manager to lead costing strategy across Apparel, Footwear and Accessories. This role combines deep costing expertise with hands-on analysis, modeling and vendor collaboration to protect margin, inform pricing decisions and enable commercially viable product development.

You will build and maintain cost models, analyze BOMs and yields, and partner with Merchandising, Design, Sourcing, Supply Chain and Finance to ensure costing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Textile/Fashion, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of experience in apparel, footwear or accessories costing, sourcing, product development or technical design, with direct exposure to vendor or factory environments.
• Familiarity leveraging AI tools to improve efficiency and decision-making preferred.
• Deep understanding of BOM structure, fabric costing, garment construction, yields and landed cost components (freight, duty, tariffs, COO).
• Proven ability to develop and execute cost strategies that drive margin improvement without compromising product quality or brand standards.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling expertise, including scenario analysis, forecasting and cost benchmarking.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations.
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence cross-functional partners and senior stakeholders through clarity, insight and commercial reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Lead margin and IMU strategy across Apparel, Footwear and Accessories, developing scenario-based cost models to evaluate profitability and risk.
• Own style-level costing from concept through bulk production, ensuring costs align with target margins at every stage.
• Build and maintain cost models covering materials, trims, labor, construction, overhead, freight, duty, tariffs and COO.
• Audit and validate vendor costing structures to ensure integrity and alignment with internal cost standards.
• Standardise cost templates and methodologies to enable consistency across vendors, categories and regions.
• Partner with factories and mills to validate costing assumptions and resolve discrepancies.

Skills

Financial modelling

Advanced Excel

Cost analysis

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional influence

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Finance/Supply Chain/Textile/Fashion

Tools

Centric PLM

AI tools

Job description

Peter Millar LLC in North Carolina seeks a Product Cost Engineering Manager to lead costing strategy across Apparel, Footwear and Accessories. This role combines deep costing expertise with hands-on analysis, modeling and vendor collaboration to protect margin, inform pricing decisions and enable commercially viable product development.

You will build and maintain cost models, analyze BOMs and yields, and partner with Merchandising, Design, Sourcing, Supply Chain and Finance to ensure costing