Program Manager Product Cost - Golf Ball

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness

Performance bonuses

Product discounts

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

TaylorMade's Global Operations team is seeking a cost and margin strategist focused on costing for golf ball products, collaborating with R&D, Engineering, Finance and leadership to model true product costs and drive margin improvements.

The role applies activity-based costing, demand planning and financial modelling to shape the ball supply chain strategy, reporting to the Associate Director of Purchasing and Capacity Planning, with a clear path for supply chain professionals in the golf

Qualifications

• Fluent verbal and written English communication.
• Manufacturing expertise across processes such as injection moulding, automated painting, packaging.
• Extensive costing knowledge and expertise in cost analysis & negotiation, incl. on-site supplier negotiations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, especially Excel.
• Experience in lean manufacturing and continual process improvement.
• Ability to identify and drive manufacturing process changes.
• Strong communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to build relationships, credibility, and influence across the organization.
• Proficiency at simplifying complex data for executive presentation.
• Familiarity with Business Objects and DOMO, or Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost- and margin-optimization initiatives across internal and external suppliers.
• Build financial models to support capital investments and NPI cost drivers.
• Present supply chain strategy initiatives to senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Lead supplier evaluations, price negotiations, and establish price quotes for domestic and foreign suppliers.
• Support cross-functional NPI teams with leadership and insights.
• Manage and update price lists and cost roll-up documents for new product introductions.
• Monitor pricing trends of commodities critical to the supply chain.
• Develop designs for manufacturability cost options in collaboration with R&D and Engineering.
• Develop a sourcing strategy for faster, cost-effective delivery of the ball business category.

Skills

English communication

Manufacturing expertise

Cost analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Negotiation

Data presentation

Supply chain knowledge

Leadership influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Business Objects

DOMO

Oracle

Job description

About the Role

This role is a pivotal position on the TaylorMade Global Operations team, focused on cost assessment and strategy for existing and new golf ball products. It works closely with R&D, Engineering, Finance, and leadership teams to identify the true costs of vertically integrated golf ball products and those at external suppliers, with the aim of increasing product margin. The role applies activity-based costing, demand planning, and financial modelling to help create the golf ball supply chain strategy. It reports directly to the Associate Director of Purchasing and Capacity Planning for TaylorMade golf ball and offers a career path for supply chain professionals in the golf industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead activity-based costing initiative to identify cost by product type and facility.
• Lead cross-functional team in golf ball margin initiative by identifying and implementing cost reduction projects across vertically integrated facilities and external suppliers.
• Build financial models to aid senior leadership with capital investment ventures and support the development of analytical models and tools to better understand the relationship between design and cost drivers.
• Create and present golf ball supply chain strategy initiatives to senior/executive leadership and represent the sourcing function in weekly development and new product introduction meetings.
• Lead the solicitation and evaluation of supplier proposals/quotations, negotiating prices and terms to achieve cost optimization, and establish and maintain a price quoting process for domestic and foreign suppliers.
• Provide leadership, insights, and support on cross-functional new product introduction teams.
• Manage and update price lists and price revision history for each product and supplier, and create cost roll-up documents for all new product introductions.
• Research pricing trends of commodities critical to TaylorMade's supply chain.
• Facilitate cost reviews and propose new design-for-manufacture cost options in collaboration with R&D, Engineering, and Product Creation.
• Develop and manage a sourcing strategy to enable faster and more cost-effective delivery of TaylorMade's ball business category.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Fluent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Manufacturing expertise, including knowledge of various processes such as injection moulding, automated painting, and packaging.
• Extensive costing knowledge and expertise in cost analysis and negotiation, including conducting on-site negotiations with internal and external vendors.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, especially Excel.
• Experience in lean manufacturing and continual process improvement.
• Ability to identify and drive manufacturing process changes.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage with external and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to build relationships, establish credibility across the organisation, and influence stakeholders.
• Proficiency at simplifying complex data for presentation to diverse management levels.
• Familiarity with Business Objects and DOMO, or Oracle.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in a costing, new product introduction, product development, sourcing, or engineering function.
• Continuous education efforts that support project management, leadership, sourcing strategy, and supply chain metrics.
• Strong supply chain and technical background.
• Knowledge of activity-based costing, demand planning, and financial modelling.

Preferred Skills

• Master of Business Administration or other graduate degree preferred.

Workplace

• Onsite.
• Normal office conditions with extensive computer and phone usage.
• Ability to work extended hours as necessary.
• Able to work efficiently and accurately in an atmosphere of frequent interruption.
• Light physical effort equal to frequent lifting or moving of lightweight materials.
• Frequent travel domestically and internationally may be required.

Salary

• Base compensation is determined by position scope, job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, and work location.

Benefits & Perks

• Additional benefits, such as health & wellness, performance bonuses, product discounts, holidays, paid time off, etc. may also be offered in accordance with our plans.