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Director of Cost Engineering: Work w/external engineers & external product design team to ensure accuracy & efficiency throughout entire product development phase to finalized product. Work w/external costing team to ensure highest profit margin for the company & minimizing production costs, including Forex analysis, China labor costs, market commodity pricing. Manage cost saving processes on existing carry forward items to offset cost increases, including labor & material & packaging & transportation costs. Attend quarterly meetings with senior management of approximately 10 external factories to review process improvement, automation cost savings, & long-term planning on future allocation of new business. Provide costing guidance to US design/marketing team. Oversee costing team’s pricing status in China. Ensure timely & accurate month/quarter-end closing & reporting based on forecasts & actual costing & margin analysis. Oversee process documentation for product costing, inventory procurement & manufacturing activities. Develop team objectives & goals that are aligned w/company’s strategy & annual goals for profitability. Work w/molding vendors & prototype suppliers of dolls, (including hair & eye parts), to keep tooling & model costs down. 4 years of exp. as Senior Cost Manager (Toy and Game Manufacturing)-M-F- 8-4:30PM, Job loc. Sarasota, Fl – Send resume to: Kidfinity, Inc.– Attn: Darryl Wizenberg  (Co-President) – Email: darryl@kidfinityinc.com