Manager, Costing – Accessories

Who You Are:

You are a trusted partner to the Product Development and Supply Chain teams, playing a key role in executing Accessories product costing processes. This role serves as the liaison to Product Development, Design, and Merchandising for cost data, while analyzing trends and identifying key cost drivers.

What You’ll Do:

• Own the full costing process for the Outlet division, from initial seasonal design sketches and market preparation through cost finalization.
• Lead cross-functional seasonal costing meetings with Product Development, Design, Merchandising, and Materials teams.
• Lead cost negotiations and finalization with factory management teams.
• Provide product cost estimates from CADs or sketches to guide Design on cost-effective solutions before sampling begins.
• Validate Cost Breakdown Sheets and approve FOB costs.
• Maintain internal costing systems, including shared Excel files, PLM, and RLM, to support key milestones and ad hoc needs.
• Create and maintain divisional master data files containing all costing and production order data for the Accessories division.
• Analyze master data at both detailed and aggregate levels to identify order trends by dollars, units, factory, country of origin, and production category, supporting factory allocation and diversification strategies.
• Identify opportunities to develop formulas and tools that streamline data management processes.
• Manage one direct report.

You’ll Need to Have:

• 5–10 years of experience in product costing and gross margin analysis within a large or mid-sized company.
• Strong knowledge of Accessories cost breakdown sheets, manufacturing accounting processes, and key cost drivers.
• Strong knowledge of Accessories customs import duty classifications.
• Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to build analytical tools, use complex formulas and macros, structure documents, and conduct executive-level data analysis.
• Ability to estimate Accessories costs from sketches or CADs.
• Expertise in identifying cost drivers and recommending cost opportunities.
• Strong situational leadership and communication skills across various audiences and stakeholder groups, including Design, management, and factories.

We’d Love to See:

• Effective communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial and operational information clearly to all levels of the organization.
• Proficiency in PLM, RLM, and Tableau.
• Strong mathematical skills.
• Strong large-scale data analysis skills.
• Strong data organization skills.

MK Perks:

• Generous Paid Time Off & Holiday Calendar
• Summer Fridays
• Internal Mobility Across Brands
• Cross-brand Discount
• Exclusive Employee Sales
• Fav 5 Cards (MK Discount for friends and family)
• 401k Match
• Paid Parental Leave
• Thrive Wellness Program
• Commuter Benefits
• Gym Discounts

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company’s policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, military status, disability, genetic information or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

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About Us:

Michael Kors is a world-renowned, award-winning designer of luxury accessories and ready-to-wear. His namesake company, established in 1981, currently produces a range of products under Michael Kors Collection, Michael Kors, and Michael Kors Mens, including accessories, ready-to-wear, footwear, watches, jewelry, and a full line of fragrance products. Michael Kors stores are operated in the most prestigious cities in the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Milan, Paris, Dubai, Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Rio de Janeiro. In addition, Michael Kors operates digital flagships across North America, Europe, and Asia, offering customers a seamless omnichannel experience.

At the center of it all is a designer who has created an enduring and iconic luxury lifestyle brand with a distinctive point of view and global reach. Michael Kors has a sharp focus on providing his customers with accessories and clothes that are consistently polished, chic, relaxed, and glamorous. Kors has also been the recipient of numerous industry awards and accolades within the fashion industry.

The fashion designer also focuses on giving back. For more than 35 years he has been a passionate supporter of God’s Love We Deliver, a New York-based non-profit organization that cooks and delivers nutritious meals to people living with serious illnesses in and around New York City. In 2013, in a move to broaden his philanthropic efforts, Michael Kors launched “Watch Hunger Stop,” partnering with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to help fight world hunger. Proceeds from annual special-edition products and other targeted initiatives help provide food to children through WFP’s school meals program. To date, Michael Kors has helped WFP deliver over 35 million meals (and counting) to hungry children.