Footwear Costing Senior Manager — Global Margin Leader

Under Armour, Inc.; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteer days

Under Armour Merchandise Discounts

Competitive 401(k) plan matching

Maternity and Parental Leave

Health & fitness benefits

Job summary

Under Armour seeks a Sr. Manager Footwear Costing to lead costing initiatives and partner with HQ, Asia teams, and product groups to keep UA highly competitive.

The role drives costing strategy from product brief to final confirmation, aligning with calendars and margin targets. Based in Baltimore and reporting to the Footwear Costing lead, you will manage a small team, oversee cost reviews, and influence long-range plans across development and sourcing functions while maintaining cost standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 6-10 years of industry experience in supply chain, sourcing, merchandising, accessories/apparel/footwear manufacturing.
• Understanding of product creation processes and how they impact the supply chain.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Negotiation and creative problem-solving skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proficiency in web-based PLM and data visualization systems such as Tableau, Centric, Trasix.

Responsibilities

• Utilize manufacturing and product knowledge to achieve Footwear division target margin.
• Lead a team of 2–3 teammates focused on specific product categories.
• Ensure that concerns around product costs are addressed to leadership during target margin setting to final cost approval.
• Provide, maintain, and lead footwear margin reviews at each calendar milestone.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Line Manager, Development, Design, UA Sourcing/Costing, and Factory Asia counterparts through the product creation and development process to maximize costing opportunities.
• Increase awareness and understanding of the costing process within the organization via effective communication.
• Ensure costing standards, policies, and practices are followed from start to finish with timelines and calendars.
• Embrace and support manufacturing excellence across the Asia Footwear platform.
• Create and maintain tooling tracking reports at milestones with follow-up with leaders and product teams.
• Facilitate and monitor Cost action plans and verify achievement of cost targets.
• Assist in the continuous improvement and maintenance of a global cost engineering process.

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Problem solving

Microsoft Office

Tableau

Centric

Trasix

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Tableau

Centric

Trasix

Job description

Under Armour seeks a Sr. Manager Footwear Costing to lead costing initiatives and partner with HQ, Asia teams, and product groups to keep UA highly competitive.

The role drives costing strategy from product brief to final confirmation, aligning with calendars and margin targets. Based in Baltimore and reporting to the Footwear Costing lead, you will manage a small team, oversee cost reviews, and influence long-range plans across development and sourcing functions while maintaining cost standards