Costing & Merchandise Planning Manager

Skechers • Manhattan Beach, CA

5d

About The Position

Develop and implement Skechers apparel cost control procedures and policies to enhance organizational costing performance against key objectives. In addition to costing, this role will also support the merchandise planning needs by supplying seasonal projections to be used for capacity planning and material bookings. In this highly collaborative role you will work closely with Merchandisers, Sales, Product Developers, Suppliers and our Production team to support the entire product development costing and merchandise planning process.

Requirements

• Ability to multi-task.
• Excellent communicator and team player.
• Great Negotiator/Compromiser.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Manage/generate margin reports, analysis, ad hoc reports.
• Able to analyze complex margin reports, cost component breakdowns, materialization breakdowns, production pair reports.
• Degree Required.
• Experience in apparel industry; preferred development and/or costing experience.
• Computer Applications, Excel skill is mandatory.

Nice To Haves

• Skilled/experienced in IMU/margin calculations and able to calculate target FOB to hit specific margin requirements (based on provided Wholesale, Duty, Target Margin, Freight).

Responsibilities

• Responsible for costing management and analysis of all apparel from development through production.
• Development, evolution and implementation of the short-term and long-term strategic agenda with focus on improved financial margins.
• Ensuring transparency of any financial risks and opportunities to internal partners.
• Develop and deliver costing processes, tools, and training to development teams to enable and empower better decision making to increase margins.
• Conduct cost comparisons by gender, silhouette, COO to ensure optimal margin is achieved.
• Collaborate with Materials team on material costs and process improvements, providing seasonal volume projections to aid in negotiations and ensuring that updates are communicated in proper cadence with costing calendar deadlines.
• Partner with Merchandisers and sales to develop seasonal margin targets and work closely to drive for margin improvements.
• Negotiate and reconfirm MOQ/MCQ and Skechers Cost Standards as needed.
• Engages in vendor assessments specific to development deliverables, costing and overall quality of product.
• Maintain System’s FOB and Pre-cost in Flex and working excel files for SMU/Off-Price.
• Provide high-level analysis, business reports, and qualitative actionable feedback to make recommendations to senior leadership, including contributions to quarterly hindsight's.
• Manage needed Compass updates.
• Manage communication with internal and external teams.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree