Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
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WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
We’re looking for a Costing Analyst II to be an integral part of the Apparel/Accessories Costing team supporting the Americas region.
As a member of the Apparel and Accessories Costing Team you’ll drive our costing model that is transparent, fair and fully digital across apparel and accessories in service of predictability, scalability and benchmarking of our manufacturing costs. Your work will drive end to end margin goals, create cost mitigation and enable data driven sourcing decisions. You will need to navigate the NIKE matrix to ensure that our regional factories are in alignment with Nike’s standards for costing. This role reports to the Director of Apparel/Accessories Costing for the Americas.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training in Finance, Accounting, Engineering or Manufacturing
A minimum of 2-3 years in finance, cost or lean accounting, manufacturing, production, engineering, or footwear product creation.
Experience and knowledge in Apparel or Accessories Industrial Engineering, Costing, Product Construction, or production management preferred
Previous experience in costing negotiations with senior leadership.
Strong analytical ability. Good workflow study and data management skills.
A self-starter with ability to work independently and meet deadlines. Willing to learn and with “can-do” attitude.
Able to work using Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Macro/VBA is a plus.
Experience with Alteryx, Databricks, Tableau encouraged
Ability to speak Spanish a plus.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
As a Costing Analyst, you will work closely with a diverse set of cross functional stakeholders (Sourcing, Manufacturing Engineering, Partner Management, Product Creation) to drive Nike’s costing vision while optimizing cost across our Americas factory partners. You will be the primary contact with factory costing leadership on changes to key cost drivers. You will closely collaborate with both Nike internal and external stakeholders including factory partners to understand, collect and analyze the cost-related information, and then align standards & best practices.
Work with Factory, Developers, Category Team, and Costing Team to interpret Cost Breakdowns and its impact on the total overall product cost.
Provides and performs scenario analysis regarding Materials, component, technology, productivity, and foreign exchange changes to help the team achieve target cost per season according to the seasonal critical dates.
Review historical information and models to prepare and present information to the costing counterparts to help establish product cost and factory negotiations
Drive clarity & understanding around the components of product cost across Nike’s cross-functional stakeholders
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
