Manufacturing Process Costing Analyst (m/f)

Job description

Country: Germany
Job Function: Sourcing

State / Province: Germany
Position Type: Full time

City / Location: Scheinfeld
Brand: adidas Group

Relocation: No Selection

At adidas Group, our love of sport drives who we are and what we do. But just as a ball is more than leather and thread, and a shoe more than padding and plastic, we are bigger than our products. We don’t just work to create faster shoes and lighter fabrics: We strive to help athletes everywhere perform their best. We believe that it’s hard work inventing the future of sport, and that’s why we love it; that when you push your limits, you make it possible for others to push theirs.

At adidas Group, this drive it what connects us, whether we’re working for TaylorMade, adidas, Reebok, or Rockport. We’re all working toward a future motivated by passion, original thinking, and the desire to build upon a proud legacy.

adidas Manufacturing Innovation FW

Are you a high-performing Engineer who wants to go ‘all in’ and apply your skills towards innovating new efficient and automated footwear manufacturing machines or lines? Do you want to help shape the future of sport by helping to shape the way we make product? Are you interested in providing the consumers of the future a new way to experience the adidas brand through your technical expertise? Does applying the latest machine and process innovations on a fast time to market excite you? Have you ever dreamed about applying cutting edge engineering to create high level sport products for yourself, for your friends, or the world’s top athletes?

The adidas Manufacturing Innovation team is currently looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic engineers wanting to join us as we revolutionise the industry. Through an exciting new brand initiative we want to hire the best talents to join our newly created adiLab team (adidas Manufacturing Innovation Lab) in our effort to disrupt the way we manufacture our product. The adidas Manufacture Innovation team is a collaborative group of dedicated teams focused on footwear manufacturing innovation projects, driven to create the best for the Brand and the athlete.As an adiLab team member you will become an active player in the adidas brand and will experience a unique opportunity to apply your engineering competences towards advanced company projects.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Responsible for strengthening and achieving optimal footwear manufacturing process cost and execute assigned strategic Costing Footwear projects (such as labour cost, clean cost sheets, target assessment, KPI framework) of global scope

Key Responsibilities:

· Proactively support a strong and cohesive adiLab (footwear manufacturing process Innovation) team
· Support the development and continuous improvement of footwear manufacturing processes and systems to ensure Costing requirements and objectives are met
· Manage Footwear Manufacturing Process Costing projects on a day-to-day basis including the development of a project roadmap, project management tools and templates, etc. as well as reporting and communication of project progress and results
· Establish and maintain strong working relationships with LO Innovation, Global Costing, Product Operations, Materials Development, Quality, Product Creation Technology and Sourcing Organization
· Develop a strong Costing expertise and share industry-leading Costing knowledge with all counterparts
· Initiate analysis and improvement of cost standards to ensure a fact-based costing process is implemented for all adiLab manufacturing process developments
· Ensure adherence to standardized adidas costing processes and procedures
· With support, coordinate and conduct category costing reviews at critical milestones in the creation process
· Demonstrate a technical and comprehensive understanding of product/process cost drivers for effective input into the product creation process.
· Work on E2E analysis of current and future processes to identify cost benefits and ensure reliable and realistic calculation.
· Create standardized data collection and evaluation matrix.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

· Knowledge of industrial engineering and project management, costing and production
· Exposure to the latest in materials, manufacturing processes and concepts
· Computer literacy
· Fluency in English, German advantageous

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

· Four year college or university degree in relevant area or comparable degree/education
· Minimum of 2-3 years work experience in the respective manufacturing industry

We are looking forward to receiving your application.