Sr Analyst, Costing Excellence (2-year contract) at Gap Inc. in New Delhi, India
Job Description
About the Role
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
Who You Are
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.
2) Minimum educational and experience
- 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.
Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.
