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NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
The first spark of a product idea sets the NIKE, Inc. Product team into motion. The team of developers, testers, engineers, designers and managers obsess over Nike’s iconic silhouettes and create groundbreaking new styles. They collaborate, ideate and refine products’ construction, fit and materials. They maintain a keen understanding of consumer and market trends. They skillfully operate at the intersection of buyer needs, technical feasibility and business objectives. And they work lockstep with Merchandising, Design, Manufacturing and others to produce the final result: products that reflect the soul of sport and inspire athletes to reach new levels of performance.
Director, Costing & Standards Engineering
Vietnam, Footwear Cost & Standards Engineering
As a Director on the Footwear Cost & Standards Engineering team, you will be a part of a cross-functional global team committed to serving the athlete* and fueling the financial future of NIKE and our Footwear Manufacturing partners. Through expanding data-driven insights, NIKE Footwear Costing is revolutionizing how to identify cost optimization opportunities that provide consistent and actionable transparency necessary to enable our partners to continue to develop and manufacture the world’s best footwear.
Success in Footwear Costing requires strong cross-collaboration across Planning, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Finance, Footwear Development, and with Nike’s Footwear Manufacturing partners to evolve and deliver continued improvement in how we optimize NIKE products to deliver on our promise to serve the athlete*.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
As a Cost & Standards Engineering Director, your main role will be to lead and inspire a team of Cost Engineers to utilize new data-driven insights, deliver seasonal quote operations, optimize product input costs in all phases of creation and manufacturing, ensure adherence to and application of costing standards, and elevate best practices.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
In this role, you will lead and inspire the Cost & Standards Engineering team in the continued evolution of the Footwear Cost & Standards Engineering function to drive competitive, sustainable, and standardized costing across all footwear. Working cross-functionally, you will help establish new labor process standards, create and capture value through automation initiatives, accelerate the Nike Manufacturing System, and accelerate the adoption of digital insights for new cost avoidance opportunities.
This role will also lead in driving continuous improvement of the Nike Costing Framework, including oversight and resourcing of functional and program initiatives, converting costing and manufacturing concepts into reality. This role will act as the internal and external subject matter expert and change leader for Nike Footwear Costing.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will work with the Vietnam Partner Manager, Footwear Manufacturing Partners, Product Development, Sourcing, Engineering, Finance and other functional teams regionally, within the Partner Management Office, and at World Headquarters to operate a driver-based Footwear Product Costing framework. You will actively engage in the development of the functional strategy in partnership with regional and global teams. As a key member of the Partner Management Office Leadership team in Vietnam, you will represent the Costing function and talent, including recruiting, training and developing cost engineering talent.
You will directly report to the Sr. Director, Footwear Costing and will be a key member of both the Footwear Costing and Vietnam Partner Management Office leadership teams.
WHAT YOU BRING
Bachelor’s degree with a focus in Engineering, Business, Finance, or related field
Minimum of 8 years relevant experience including Engineering, Product Development, Automation, Lean, Manufacturing, Product Costing preferred. Related disciplines also acceptable
Knowledge of footwear construction, manufacturing, innovation, costing, and global business management; experience with footwear supply chain strongly preferred
Knowledge of footwear sourcing, processes, and events from product concept to delivery
Demonstrated leadership capability, including the ability to recruit, motivate, and mentor Costing Managers and Engineers.
Demonstrated ability to provide strategic team leadership and implement best practices
A pragmatic thinker and creative problem solver who will proactively research and drive collective resolution
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong influencing, motivational and leadership skills
Ability to maintain a high level of integrity, remain flexible, be results-oriented, and work productively within a matrixed organization
Work comfortably in an environment of ambiguity
Mentor and help train new or less experienced team members
High proficiency using MS Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to travel 10-20% of the time
NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.
NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.
