职位描述
Job Objective:
Costing samples and production goods by:
• Creating and maintaining a costing data base for raw materials, labor, packaging and embroidery, screen printing etc. for childrens apparel and bedding industry.
• Provide cost information to other functional groups within the company - Design, Sales, Merchandising, etc.
• Develop and maintain relationships with existing factories and vendors.
• Research and shop the market for new factories, vendors and resources of raw materials, production, embellishment etc.
• Stay current on events and circumstances which affect costs – ex. Yarn price increases driving up the cost of fabric; logistics cost increases caused by shortage of shipping containers, changes in foreign exchange rates, etc.
• Obtain FOB costs from factories on time which meet margin requirements.
• Calculate cost estimates required by each business model employed by the company and accounts - ex. Landed cost vs several FOB points.
• Review the variances between projected and actual costs and adjust costing methods, data and relationships with factories to rectify negative variances