Role & responsibilities

- Prepare and validate detailed product cost sheets (fabric, trims, CM, overheads) for styles/orders across buyers and categories.
- Drive pre-costing and post-costing analysis, tracking variances and identifying cost leakages.
- Partner with merchandising and procurement teams to support pricing decisions, margin negotiations. Prepare and review the factory and order profitability.
- Monitor and analyse actual vs. costed order profitability (fabric consumption, labour efficiency, overhead absorption).
- Work closely with production, sourcing, and industrial engineering teams to optimize cost structures and improve efficiencies.
- Develop and maintain costing models, benchmarks, and standard cost databases for different product categories.
- Evaluate capex proposals (machinery, automation,



capacity expansion) and ROI analysis.
- Identify and drive cost optimization initiatives across raw materials, processes, and supply chain.
- Strengthen commercial controls and governance around costing, approvals, and margin thresholds.
- Prepare and present MIS reports on costing, margins, and various profitability reports such as factory and customer profitability, for management review.
- Lead/mentor a small team and support cross-functional coordination for seamless execution.
- Ability to engage, guide, influence and challenge multiple stake holders across departments.

📌 Costing Head (Bengaluru)
🏢 Grant Thornton Bharat
📍 Bengaluru