Product Data/costings Leader

**Silentnight**is the UK’s most trusted sleep brand, renowned for quality, innovation, and comfort.

Are you a **data driven leader** who understands the importance of data and its contribution to the business strategy? Do you thrive in a fast paced, cross functional department in a successful business? Are you ready to be a part of a busy, dynamic **Product Data Costing department**, who is part of the journey of projects from concept to model sign off. Have you got a strong eye for detail and an analytical mind? **If so, we want you to join the team**

You will be the driving force in enabling the business make informed and strategic decisions that can directly impact profitability and the overall business performance.

**What’s in it for you?**
- A pivotal role in enabling the business to make informed and strategic decisions. Working for the most trusted brand in the industry
- Daily interaction with key departments including Sales, Product Management, Marketing, Manufacturing, QA, Procurement and NPI — plus regular contact with the senior leadership team.
- Exposure to high-value, commercial analysis, and strategic planning tools (J D Edwards, Power BI)
- Opportunities for cross-functional training and career progression
- Join a team with a culture that values collaboration, inclusivity, and ownership, and having fun while we do it

**Key Skills**
- Great communication skills with the ability to coordinate cross functional teams.
- Competent Microsoft skills (Excel, One Note).
- Passion and creativity to drive the projects and team with the ability to prioritise depending on project needs.
- Embracing change and drive improvements, willingness to challenge the status quo.
- Strong attention to detail, driving data accuracy
- Proficient in handling large amounts of product data.
- Understanding product data taxonomy, ownership and governance

**Key responsibilities**
- Lead the Costing/ Product data team with the ability to motivate, mentor and support the team.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining accurate product data, including BOMs, routings, descriptions, product attributes, EAN codes as well as any other product data in our ERP system JDE.
- Create, maintain and validate standard costs and pricing for new and existing products.
- Coordinate with purchasing, product, production and other key stakeholders to gather relevant cost data.
- Develop and maintain cost models and tools to support strategic decision making.
- Drive process improvements in data governance and cost management.
- Train and develop team members, promoting best practises in data and cost accuracy.
- Monitor and analyse cost variances and investigate causes.
- Coordinate new product launches from a data and costing perspective, ensuring all timelines are met.
- Deliver the strategic priorities whilst embracing and promoting operational excellence through Kaizen initiatives
- Provide regular updates to stakeholders on the progress on projects covering the full department.

Ready to step into a role that makes a difference every day?

We are offering for you the chance to be part of a busy cross functional team who will help make business decisions on a day-to-day basis.

**If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role, then APPLY today.**

**What you'll get**:

- 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Free parking
- On site canteen
- Staff discount on Silentnight products
- Enhanced family friendly leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Volunteering leave

Silentnight is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Barnoldswick BB18: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Cost management: 2 years (preferred)
- Product data: 2 years (preferred)
- Team management: 2 years (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 04/07/2025