Senior Costing Specialist, Footwear (HCM)

As the Senior Costing Specialist - Footwear, you partner with a team of highly qualified sourcing, quality, development, production and raw materials professionals to achieve business objectives, collaborating across the Arc’teryx Headquarters and the Arc’teryx Hong Kong Sourcing Office.You will be working with a well-developed base of highly professional long term vendor partners, always looking for creative solutions and processes to improve speed, optimize cost, support margin, and best utilize supply chain capabilities and efficiencies. If you were the Senior Costing Specialist for Arcteryx now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:Cost Analysis:• Product costing, analysing quotes and negotiating to meet target costs while maintaining quality standards.• Evaluating alternative materials, construction methods, and manufacturing processes to reduce costs.• Conducting cost breakdowns (materials, labour, tooling, packaging, freight, tariffs, etc.).• Ensuring seasonal CBDs are accurate and confirmed on a timely basis.• Meeting key development stages’ CBD, Buy ready, monthly Buy FOB list and Tool Agreement deadlinesCross-Functional Collaboration:• Partnering with product development, design, sourcing, engineering teams and suppliers to identify costing savings and ensure cost-effective product creation.• Working closely with sourcing and partners to identify cost drivers and implement efficiency improvements.• Liaising with cross-functional teams to assess production feasibility and scalability.Partner Engagement:• Reviewing and negotiating factory cost sheets to align with brand pricing strategies.• Conducting supplier visits (domestic & oversea) to assess capabilities and validating cost structures.• Monitoring global market trends (raw materials, labour rates, tariffs, trade regulations) affecting costs.Process Improvement & Reporting:• Refining costing methodologies to improve accuracy and efficiency.• Tracking cost variances and providing actionable insights to leadership.• Maintaining a cost database for benchmarking and historical analysis.Compliance & Risk Management:• Ensuring costing aligns with sustainability, ethical sourcing, and compliance standards.• Identifying risks (supply chain disruptions, material shortages, geopolitical factors) and proposing mitigation strategies.