Landed Cost Optimization Manager
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full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Milpitas • California • United States
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About the role
- Own and govern total landed cost models across materials, components, and finished goods.
- Ensure accurate visibility of all landed cost elements including tariffs/duties, freight/transportation, customs brokerage and fees, insurance, surcharges, and related logistics costs.
- Partner with Finance to ensure landed cost accuracy in budgeting, forecasting, and actuals.
- Identify, quantify, and implement landed cost reduction initiatives, including tariff and duty optimization (FTAs, reclassification, exclusions, drawback), supplier and country-of-origin optimization, incoterms and logistics network optimization, mode shifting, consolidation, and freight strategy alignment.
- Embed landed cost considerations into sourcing, supplier selection, and make/buy decisions.
- Track and report realized and projected cost savings tied to procurement initiatives.
- Oversee tariff classification (HTS/HS), country-of-origin determinations, and customs valuation as inputs to landed cost.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in procurement, global trade, logistics, or landed cost management within manufacturing or life sciences industry.
- Strong knowledge of tariffs, duties, trade compliance fundamentals, freight and logistics cost structures, landed cost modeling and cost-to-serve analysis, HTS classification, customs valuation, and trade agreements.
- Previous experience utilizing ERP systems such as SAP particularly for documenting and reporting item and supplier level data such as country of origin relevant to landed cost.
- Proven track record of delivering quantifiable cost savings across multiple cost levers.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
landed cost modelingcost-to-serve analysistariff classificationcustoms valuationtrade compliancecost savings analysissupplier optimizationlogistics network optimizationfreight strategy alignmentincoterms
Soft Skills
partneringgovernancequantitative analysisreportingdecision-making