Costing & Merchandise Planning Manager
Core
Develop and implement apparel cost control procedures and policies to enhance organizational costing performance and support merchandise planning needs.
Role type
Manager, Costing & Merchandise Planning
Builds
Apparel product development and production processes
Domain
Apparel / Footwear
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Costing management, margin analysis, IMU/margin calculations, target FOB calculation, material cost analysis, vendor assessment, Excel proficiency, financial reporting
Preferred skills
Apparel industry experience, development/costing experience, negotiation skills
Technologies
Excel, Flex
Responsibilities
Develop and deliver costing processes and tools to development teams, conduct cost comparisons by gender and silhouette, collaborate with materials team on seasonal volume projections, partner with merchandisers to develop seasonal margin targets, negotiate MOQ/MCQ and cost standards, maintain system FOB and pre-cost files, provide high-level analysis and business reports to senior leadership
Seniority
Manager, hands-on IC