Lead, Footwear Costing Data & Operations
Core
Lead global materials costing operations and establish an operating model for footwear product cost management using data and analytics.
Role type
Senior IC footwear costing and operations lead
Builds
Data pipelines, analytics solutions, and supplier costing performance frameworks for footwear materials
Domain
Footwear manufacturing and supply chain
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Materials cost management, procurement insights, commodity market analysis, supplier negotiation, data governance, process improvement, advanced Excel
Preferred skills
Chemical or materials science background, dashboard development, automation/AI tools, sustainability initiatives
Technologies
Excel, data pipelines, analytics solutions
Responsibilities
Establish and execute a new operating model for materials cost management; Develop reliable data pipelines and intelligent analytics solutions; Manage seasonal deliverables and leadership-level reporting; Develop a material supplier costing performance framework; Lead engagement with regional and global Materials teams; Lead supplier communications and resolve operational issues; Support sustainability initiatives and seasonal projects