Regional Costing Director

4 days ago

Singapore beBeeNegotiation Full time $180,000 - $250,000
Costing Director Job Description

This role oversees the regional costing team for factory partners within South Asia and EMEA, reporting directly to the Senior Director of Apparel & Accessories Costing based in Singapore.

The Costing Director leads the regional Apparel & Accessories costing team based in Singapore. This role is pivotal in shaping cost strategy across South Asia and EMEA, ensuring competitive margins and operational excellence through supplier partnerships and data-driven decision-making.

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, business, engineering, or related field (MBA preferred).
  • At least 7 years' relevant experience; manufacturing, product development, engineering, or procurement background is a plus.
  • Experience managing cross-functional projects across locations.
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills for senior leadership.
  • Innovative, proactive problem-solver with strong interpersonal and alignment-building skills.
  • Detail-oriented, analytical, and adept at conveying ideas to varied audiences.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity in dynamic settings.
  • Proven team building and leadership experience.
  • Commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion.

The Costing team is part of Nike's Product Supply Chain and is responsible for driving product cost transparency and excellence through effective product costing & cost engineering. Costing also creates frameworks, standards, and systems to enable an integrated costing process for Apparel & Accessories, leading manufacturing cost negotiations and serving as subject-matter experts and change leaders in costing for Nike.

Key areas of responsibility include:

  • Participate in defining Global Apparel & Accessories Costing strategy and direction.
  • Drive profitability and mitigate cost risk through product cost optimization and negotiation with manufacturing suppliers (CMT, profit, efficiencies, key fabrics, macroeconomic factors).
  • Monitor factory performance and report on costing KPIs, including seasonal targets and achievements.
  • Develop supplier-specific negotiation strategies based on analysis and business insights, aligned with teams such as sourcing and partner management.
  • Support costing teams in identifying and implementing systems and tools to improve product creation and costing processes.
  • Track industry and macroeconomic trends to guide costing decisions and share best practices.
  • Foster a high-performance culture, mentor team members, and champion diversity and inclusion within the regional costing team of 4 FTEs based in Singapore.
Requirements
  • Negotiation
  • Footwear
  • Factory
  • Leadership
  • Operational Excellence
  • Supply Chain
  • Transparency
  • Trend Analysis
  • Product Costing
  • Procurement
  • Cost Engineering
  • Communication Skills
  • Team Building
  • Managing suppliers
  • Costing
  • Partner Management
  • Product Development
  • Manufacturing
  • Sourcing
  • Apparel

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