Softgoods Cost Controller W/m

**Company Description**
Amer Sports is a sporting goods company with internationally recognized brands including Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic and Wilson.

“The Mountain Sport Company”, Salomon was born in 1947 in the heart of the French Alps and the birthplace of modern alpinism. Salomon’s commitment to innovative design and passion for mountain sports created a vast range of revolutionary new concepts in bindings, boots, skis and apparel for both Alpine and Nordic skiing and brought innovative solutions to footwear, apparel and equipment for snowboarding, adventure racing, mountaineering, hiking, trail running, and many other sports.

Through performance driven design, Salomon delivers innovation and progression to mountain sports; converting new ideas into action and expanding the limits of possibility. Salomon’s heritage, culture, and commitment are tied together by one simple concept: the world’s leading mountain people creating the world’s leading mountain products. Salomon is responsibly committed towards the outdoor through its sustainability program. Diversity is one of Salomon’s five values, therefore we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.

Salomon is headquartered in Annecy, France.

Do you have an expertise in cost controlling ?

Do you have 3 years experiences in supply chain or in the industry sector ?

Join our Finance Team as our new **Cost Controller W/M **

You will be dedicated to the softgoods products and your main goal will be:

- Manage, drive, and track the Softgoods purchasing costs by working with the operational managers.
- Identify variances and update the assumptions accordingly.
- Built simulation tools to support and monitor our decisions on P&L and inventories.

**Your missions**:

- ** COGS Variances**
- Europe & HQ perimeter: prepare and submit COGS variances.
- Worldwide: collaborate closely with local controller to validate COGS variances, mainly inventory adjustment and freight. Consolidate them and ensure forecast accuracy
- Freight: validate the airfreight monthly accrual booking with the transportation department. Provide an air & sea inbound freight follow-up. Track airfreight forecast.
- Ensure standard costs calculation update taking into consideration the root causes (freight, duties,) of the deviations.
- Prepare comments for each financial exercise: actual, forecast, budget.
- ** Inventory**
- Europe: for each financial exercise, prepare and submit the inventory forecast in collaboration with the supply team. Ensure forecast accuracy.
- Europe: Communicate to the Warehouse Controlling Team, the quantities for IN and OUT
- Worldwide: build a process in collaboration with the supply team to always have an accurate view on the purchasing plan and the inventory projection
- Worldwide: validate inventory forecast with the local controllers, by sharing inputs from the HQ supply chain team.
- Prepare comments for each financial exercise: actual, forecast, budget.
- ** OPEX**
- BA level: responsible for planning OPEX: preparation and consolidation. Define the process and work in collaboration with Softgoods Controllers and HR Controller.
- Organize regular touch points with managers and HR to track and validate the forecast accuracy.
- Responsible of the forecast for Softgood perimeter: Budget and Rolling forecast
- ** Other responsabilities**
- HQ and Shanghai office: OPEX reinvoicing, fees calculation, allocation key validation between all the Footwear brands
- Standard price calculation
- Hedging
- Payables tracking and forecast
- ** Key meetings**:

- Participate actively to the monthly meeting with the Regions.

**Qualifications** Essential Skills & Experience**
- 3 years minimun of professional experience (in supply chain or industry controlling appreciated
- Education : Master's degree

**Essential Competencies**
- ** Drive for result **:Finding new ways to get things done
- ** Collaboration**: Ability to work with peers and partners to drive results & improve performance
- ** Critical Thinking **:Ability to analyse situations and information, to form objective judgement and problem solve effectively

**Desired Qualifications**
- ** Language **:Proficiency in English
- ** IT **:command of Microsoft Office (advanced Excel), knowledge of information systems

**Additional Information**
Permanent Contract, Full Time

Job based in Annecy (74), FRANCE