Lead Footwear Costing & Supply Operations

Under Armour; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid UA Give Back volunteer days

Under Armour merchandise discounts

Competitive 401(k) plan matching

Maternity and parental leave

Health & fitness benefits and programs

Job summary

Under Armour in Baltimore, MD is seeking a Lead, Product Supply Operations Footwear to drive costing initiatives across development and sourcing, coordinating with HQ and Asia teams to target FOB and maintain policy compliance.

You will lead pre-costing, work cross-functionally through product creation, and create margin analyses to inform leadership while navigating global trade and complex supply chains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 6-10 years of related industry experience in supply chain, sourcing, merchandising, accessories/apparel/footwear manufacturing
• Understanding of product creation (materials/color, design, development, sourcing, costing) processes and how they impact the supply chain
• Strong understanding of global trade agreements and the US tariff system
• 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, and Trasix are a plus

Responsibilities

• Leads pre-costing from production brief to commercialization to ensure all costing requirements are met
• Work collaboratively cross functionally with Development, Marketing, Engineering, UA Sourcing/costing, and Factory counterparts through the product creation and development process to maximize costing opportunities
• Lead and coordinate costing reviews at critical milestones to ensure alignment between development, product line manager for target FOB achievement
• Increase awareness and understanding for cost process within organization through effective communication and training if necessary.
• Ensure costing standards, policies and practices are shared, followed accurately from start to finish while following established timelines and calendars
• Embrace and support manufacturing excellence concepts and successes across the Asia Footwear manufacturing platform
• Lead and cooperate with product line manager to set product cost targets
• Create margin reports at each milestone and analyze gaps. Ensure follow up with leaders, development and product line managers for any variance vs target margin/FOBs
• Compile detailed product cost estimates including identification of cost drivers. Continuous education to maintain understanding of various manufacturing processes
• Facilitate and monitor Cost action plans and verify achievement of cost targets
• Lead and support final product cost
• Assist in the maintenance of a Centric BOM and CBD platform
• Assist in the continuous improvement and maintenance of a global cost engineering process

Skills

Costing

Negotiation

Problem solving

MS Office

Tableau

Centric

Trasix

Product knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PLM

Tableau

Centric

Trasix

Job description

Under Armour in Baltimore, MD is seeking a Lead, Product Supply Operations Footwear to drive costing initiatives across development and sourcing, coordinating with HQ and Asia teams to target FOB and maintain policy compliance.

You will lead pre-costing, work cross-functionally through product creation, and create margin analyses to inform leadership while navigating global trade and complex supply chains.