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About the Role
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Support in setting strategic direction for costing to ensure the simplifying the costing process & getting costing transparency with supplier. He/she performs work and supports the Senior Manager / Director with the clear objective of setting up transparent costing with vendor & support in costing SMV negotiations & validation process.
What You'll Do
- Improve the cost through key levers product strategy, man machine ratio, factory efficiency, labor cost and material optimization with the aim to deliver product value to the consumer.
- Establish and continuously update SMV based library tools that enable transparent, fact-based costing with suppliers
- Should able to establish SMV validation process to make sure SMV used in Production are in aligned with SMV used at costing stage
- Work with suppliers to bring them on SMV based costing journey aswell work with them in validating & aligning on the Cut to Pack SMV
- Validate Vendors Operation Bulletin & SMV
- Establish an appropriate governance for cost validation through standardization, benchmarking
- Supporting in creating factory level/country level cost competitive matrix
- Explore & develop new training tools and training materials for both Gap internal staffs & external vendors/factories.
- Continuously work with Vendors & ME team on improving cost through SMV reduction
- Supports and tracks key factory productivity metrics by working with Manufacturing Excellence team
1) Knowledge, skills & abilities:
- Strong knowledge of apparel manufacturing
- Should have strong understanding of Apparel constructions & he should be strong in SMV & must have a PMTS knowledge preferably certified in GSD.
- Ability to create reports, provide analysis and recommendations to improve productivity & efficiency
- Communication skills- both written and verbal -English
- Strong negotiations & Driving results skill, risk management and trouble shooting skills; works proactively.
- University graduate or degree in Industrial Engineering or Textile or Garment (Industry related) or equivalent work experience
- 6-8 years business of experience in Industrial Engineering or in managing end to end costing function.