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Product Costing & Operations Analyst - Apparel at Garan, Incorporated | LAYIQ

Product Costing & Seasonal Execution
Build, review, compile, and reconcile detailed product cost sheets for apparel programs, including multiple styles, colors, sizes, packs, factories, and customer requirements.
Collect and validate cost inputs such as fabric and trim prices, consumption estimates, labor/CM, duty, freight, packaging, testing, and other product-specific expenses.
Support costing for multiple overlapping seasons and product lines, from preliminary estimates through negotiated costs, production execution, and final cost-accounting standard approval.
Compare proposed costs with historical results, budgets, targets, and prior assumptions; clearly document the reason for changes and recommend next steps.
Participate in sourcing meetings and price negotiations, including follow-up with factories and sourcing teams to resolve open cost questions and meet deadlines.
Financial Analysis, Reporting & Controls
Maintain accurate financial matrices and reference data, including raw-material pricing, purchasing records, cost assumptions, factory quotes, and related expenses.
Prepare recurring and ad hoc reporting, including sales and shipping forecasts, inventory analysis, production allocation, margin and cost-change analysis, and management summaries.
Review invoices, expenses, and supporting documentation for accuracy; investigate discrepancies and coordinate corrections with the appropriate teams.
Assist senior management with pricing, margin, sourcing, and other strategic business decisions by translating detailed data into clear, practical recommendations.
Support travel and expense audit and approval and other divisional-control activities as assigned.
Cross-Functional Operations & Follow-Through
Coordinate with design, planning, sourcing, production, technical design, account management, manufacturing partners, and corporate accounting to keep costing and production milestones on track.
Proactively chase missing information, identify deadline risks, escalate issues early, and communicate status and assumptions clearly to stakeholders.
Help resolve pricing, production, and vendor discrepancies while balancing customer expectations, factory capabilities, timing, and financial objectives.
Take ownership of assigned product lines and maintain organized records across multiple simultaneous priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Systems, Data & Process Improvement
Use advanced Excel tools to organize, reconcile, analyze, and explain large costing datasets; improve templates and controls where practical.
Help identify repetitive or manual steps that can be standardized, automated, or moved into improved costing, PLM, ERP, reporting, or workflow systems.
Participate in the evaluation and adoption of new systems and responsible AI-enabled tools for costing, data validation, forecasting, document review, and workflow efficiency.
Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate costing requirements into clear process, data, and system needs while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and appropriate human review.

Product Costing & Operations Analyst - Apparel

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