Footwear Costing Specialist – Fixed term contract (6 months – Jan to Aug)

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Company: On
Location: Ho Chi Minh City (Ho Chi Minh City), N/A
Job Type: Full-Time

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Costing & Sourcing

In short

The world’s fastest growing sports company is seeking a Footwear Costing Specialist to join our Costing team in Vietnam. Based in the Ho Chi Minh office, you will manage global footwear costing, including cost forecasting, pre-cost analysis, and seasonal price negotiations. As a result, you will identify cost-cutting opportunities, resolve issues during execution, and develop valuable costing SOPs.

Your mission

– Ensure CBD from On’s manufacturing partners correct and in line with On’s standards
– Document and manage inputs to product costing, such as raw material prices, material waste impacts, tooling cost and amortization, construction/labor costs overhead matrix
– Partner with product management, material, and development teams through product development cycle and line reviews, to achieve margin goals
– Support Costing Manager to conduct seasonal price negotiations with suppliers for manufacturing, component, and process costs
– Collaborate with supply chain team on product volume forecasts, identify potential bottlenecks and actively search for volume discount opportunities
– Maintain accurate and complete costing data on PLM systems

Your story

– Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, accounting, engineering
– 5+ years’ experience in manufacturing, textile, footwear, or finance industry
– Good commercial sense, analysis skills, passion for numbers and engineering
– Proficiency in Excel. Experience with PLMs and digital costing tools is a plus
– Strong price negotiation skills and impeccable integrity
– Good interpersonal and communication skills in a fast-paced environment
– Fluent in English spoken and written; Chinese (Mandarin) is a plus

Meet the team

We, the Costing team, collaborates closely and cross-functionally with teams from development, materials, finance, production, and supply chain, to identify opportunities in increasing company margins.