Manager, Costing

Joseph Ribkoff designs classic and contemporary garments for fashion-forward women with a youthful state of mind. Each one of our carefully tailored pieces offers the effortless fashion, fit, and quality that we’ve been synonymous with. Over the years, the brand has blossomed into a touchstone for timeless, youthful style. Driven by a passion that has never ceased to propel our company’s vision, Joseph Ribkoff has been an ally to women, dressing them with flair and perfect fit for over 65 years. From our quality and distinctly designed products to our unwavering commitment to retail partners, Joseph Ribkoff’s values resonate in everything we do and create. Today, his legacy lives on through the work of a devoted, talented team operating from the four corners of the world. Sold in over 60 international markets, Joseph Ribkoff is a global emblem of quality and elegance. Montreal Corporate Head Office, where most of their employees are based, offers career opportunities in Design, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT and HR as well as in the Production and Warehousing facilities. Reporting directly to the VP Finance, the Manager, Costing is responsible for developing and delivering costing strategy to realize Joseph Ribkoff’ s financial and supply chain goals by providing clear and accurate costing information to guide management decisions. Along with the Operations and Finance teams, while leveraging their understanding and experience of garment and accessory costing, the Manager, Costing will help set in place the foundational system, process and organizational enablers for best-in-class end to end costing. Responsibilities: Lead all the inventory costing activities of the company’s short and long-term financial goals.Continuously evolve end-to-end costing process, including the development of standards, policies and governance structure to assure cost accuracy and costing system integrity and sustainability.Work with the operation leadership team to identify and communicate cost saving opportunities based on data-driven analytics and monitor/communicate progress on cost saving initiatives.Develop tools and platforms to drive faster, more transparent and reliable costing processes.Drive comprehensive policy of costing rate, method and reporting standardization enabling transparency and comparability of all quote rounds, vendors and product segments.Champion the creation of a long-term cost platform seamlessly integrated into the product creation systems and process environment, which can secure the implementation of standards and execution of cost policies while drastically reducing manual effort, total time-to-cost and error driven re-work.Analyze development costing information to ensure accuracy and identify discrepancies. Maintain communication records to assure smooth workflow, timely approvals and problem resolution.Run and analyze existing reports and edit/create new reports to support general business needs across Product Development, Materials & Operation teams.Manage cost-pertinent information (Excel cost sheets, Access database, for example) to ensure internal customers have access to timely and accurate data to make informed design, development and pricing decisions. Establishing the month-end inventory file including obsolescence provision.Analyzing the gross margin and monthly reporting relating to inventory.Participation in the monthly MD&A for the inventory section. Required Qualifications: CPA with a CMA designation is an asset5+ years in a manufacturing or product development environment3+ years of business analytics experience requiredBachelor’s Degree - BA/BS in business or equivalentPossess analytical skills which lead to decision-making and problem-solvingAbility to quickly assess and resolve situations with an appropriate sense of urgencyStrong written/verbal communication Ability to effectively prioritize workloads, work cross-functionally within the companyFlexible with multiple tasks and ability to work independently with minimal supervisionExperience in complex data analysis and strong computer skills are requiredHigh comfort level with extracting and combining data across multiple sourcesExperience in change management / business transformation initiatives with process, organization and technology changesDemonstrated success in obtaining buy into change with multiple stakeholders to achieve the goals of effective business transformationExperience in collaborating with geographically distributed teamsConsulting experience from a leading integrator a plusApparel industry experience highly desirable What we offer at Joseph Ribkoff is : Finish at 1:00 p.m. every Friday!A hybrid model (3 days a week in the office and 2 from home)5 personal days per yearCompetitive group insurance (65% employer-paid)Equal-contribution pension plan (up to 2.5%)Flexible working hours40% employee discount on clothingWork with passionate people for a global Quebec company11 statutory days off per year