As a key member of Lacoste Global Sourcing Costing & Allocations team, he contributes to the team efforts in reaching our company financial targets by providing the negotiation tools to prepare each collection, to Sourcing and Product teams, under the guidance of the Costing & Allocations director.

To do so, he will highlight the key stakes of the season based on the Collection Merchandising Strategy and the financial impacts related.

He will define the target purchase price for these key programs, securing expected Lacoste Industrial Margin in Operations Budget.

He engages Sourcing & Product Teams to follow his guidelines.

At the beginning of each season, and based on the collection structure established by the Product Team,      

He support Operations Sourcing & Finance teams in assessing each season expected consolidated margin.

He ensures that at the sketch handover session between Sourcing & Product teams, detailed target purchase prices have been set and agreed.

He contributes to reconciliate beginning of seasons expected consolidated margin with actual expected margin at the time of Forecast Grading (market volumes signals).

Degree in textile or related discipline;

Analytic

Strong Communication skills

Possess expert presentation, listening, verbal and written communication skills;

Analyze a problem skillfully, formulate a logical rationale for the decision and take action;

Management by influence in matrix organization

Strong Product Development Expertise

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