Costing Analyst

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I. PRIMARY PURPOSE
Costing Analyst, collects and analyzes global costing data in support of cost standardization, Cost validation, total cost optimization, vendor negotiation and supply policy improvement. They are the champion for all costing related systems and drive process and systems improvement to achieve increased organizational efficiency.
II. KEY RESPONSIBILITY
1. Product Costing & Analysis
• Assess the finished goods costing across seasonal milestones (e.g., DP1, DP2, MARKET, Production).
• Analyze BOM, process cost, material prices, yields, labor, overhead, and logistics assumptions to ensure cost accuracy.
• Assess the bottom cost and bottom mold cost fully comply with Tapestry's standard cost.
• Conduct cost variance and sensitivity analyses to identify drivers and propose cost optimization actions.
• Maintain costing databases, standard assumptions, and cost models to ensure consistency and audit readiness.
2. Factory Collaboration
• Work directly with the service providers (shoe factories) costing teams to gather cost breakdowns, clarify assumptions, and resolve discrepancies in the manner of time.
• Validate yield, tooling assumptions with material team, tooling team, and technical teams.
• Support should cost analysis and challenge quotes using data driven benchmarks.
• Ensure all service providers (shoe factories) fully comply with Tapestry's costing guidelines by providing clear instructions, monitoring adherence, and driving respectful, consistent alignment throughout the costing process.
3. Cross Functional Partnership
• Present costing insights to the internal partner, Headquarter Product Development.
• Support margin analysis by scenario modeling and identifying material, construction, and efficiency opportunities.
• Communicate costing risks, impacts, and recommendations clearly and proactively.
4. Process & Calendar Management
• Ensure all costing submissions meet seasonal calendar deadlines.
• Track costing updates, approvals, and change history across development rounds.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance costing accuracy, transparency, and efficiency.
III. KEY ATTRIBUTE
• Curiosity to understand how things are built and costed.
• Confidence to challenge assumptions with respect and data.
• Strong accountability and follow through.
• Problem solver mindset with the ability to simplify complexity.
IV. SKILL & COMPETENCY
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with the ability to interpret complex cost data.
• Solid understanding of product construction, materials, manufacturing processes, and cost structures.
• Excellent Excel skills (pivot tables, formulas, modeling).
• Clear and concise communication skills-written and verbal.
• Detail oriented, proactive, and able to manage multiple styles and deadlines simultaneously.
• Thrives in a fast paced, cross functional environment.
• Bachelor's degree in business or related field;
• And with 3+ years' experience in Footwear product costing.
• Influence of spoken & written, in English. Chinese is a plus.
Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale
  and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

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