ABOUT YOUR ROLE
The Director, Costing leads the globally integrated sourcing costing organization. The role establishes one costing strategy, operating model and source of truth across product categories and sourcing regions, while retaining local execution where supplier proximity creates value. As the senior costing leader for the business, this role has shared accountability with Sourcing Development for achieving product cost and margin objectives. The Director partners closely with Sourcing Development, Engineering, Materials, Product Supply Enablement, Brand Product Development, Planning and Finance to create forward cost visibility, optimize product economics, strengthen negotiation capability and enable fact-based business decisions.
- Global product cost leadership
- Own the sourcing costing strategy, operating model and governance across product categories and regions.
- Partner with Finance and Product Supply Enablement to translate brand long-range plans, seasonal financial objectives and product strategies into forward-looking cost projections,
margin opportunities and executable cost plans.
- Act as the senior functional authority for sourcing costing, establishing clear decision rights, performance standards and accountability across integral and regional teams.
- Share accountability with Sourcing Development leaders for delivery of product cost objectives and margin improvement.
- GTM costing execution and visibility
- Establish cost visibility and decision points across the GTM calendar, including target-cost visibility and P1/P2/SMS execution.
- Own end-to-end visibility of seasonal FOB evolution, proactively communicating cost status, risks, opportunities and projection outlook at key milestones.
- Establish a structured, milestone-based reporting cadence that highlights variance to target and drives timely corrective action.
- Ensure costing execution supports the distinct needs while maintaining one common governance framework.
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📌 Director, Costing (Asia)
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📍 Asia