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Footwear Costing Specialist - Fixed term contract (6 months - Aug to Jan)
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
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In short
The world's fastest growing sports company is seeking a Footwear Costing Specialist to join our Costing team in Vietnam. Based in the Ho Chi Minh office, you will manage global footwear costing, including cost forecasting, pre-cost analysis, and seasonal price negotiations. As a result, you will identify cost-cutting opportunities, resolve issues during execution, and develop valuable costing SOPs.
Your Mission
- Ensure CBD from On’s manufacturing partners correct and in line with On’s standards
- Document and manage inputs to product costing, such as raw material prices, material waste impacts, tooling cost and amortization, construction/labor costs overhead matrix
- Partner with product management, material, and development teams through product development cycle and line reviews, to achieve margin goals
- Support Costing Manager to conduct seasonal price negotiations with suppliers for manufacturing, component, and process costs
- Collaborate with supply chain team on product volume forecasts, identify potential bottlenecks and actively search for volume discount opportunities
- Maintain accurate and complete costing data on PLM systems
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Your story
- Bachelor's degree in business, economics, accounting, engineering
- 5+ years' experience in manufacturing, textile, footwear, or finance industry
- Good commercial sense, analysis skills, passion for numbers and engineering
- Proficiency in Excel. Experience with PLMs and digital costing tools is a plus
- Strong price negotiation skills and impeccable integrity
- Good interpersonal and communication skills in a fast-paced environment
- Fluent in English spoken and written; Chinese (Mandarin) is a plus
About the Team
We, the Costing team, collaborates closely and cross-functionally with teams from development, materials, finance, production, and supply chain, to identify opportunities in increasing company margins.
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What we offer
On is a place that is centered around growth and progress. We offer an environment designed to give people the tools to develop holistically – to stay active, to learn, explore and innovate. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere, with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, so each person is led by purpose.
On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination.
What to expect
We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.
Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.
Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.