A leader in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry is seeking a Director of Cost Engineering to lead product costing strategies to drive cost savings, improve supplier performance, and achieve financial objectives. Oversee international supplier negotiations, cost modeling, vendor partnerships, and strategic procurement initiatives while leading a team and collaborating cross-functionally to improve cost, quality, and delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute global sourcing and product costing strategies to achieve cost-reduction targets and financial goals.
- Lead supplier selection, contract negotiations, and vendor relationship management, ensuring competitive pricing, quality, capacity, and delivery.
- Oversee cost modeling, should-cost analysis, commodity cost tracking, and material cost databases to identify savings opportunities.
- Drive continuous improvement and cost-control initiatives in partnership with manufacturing facilities and cross-functional teams.
- Manage sourcing and costing budgets while mentoring, developing, and leading the sourcing team.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of cost engineering and procurement experience within the CPG industry.
- 10+ years of supervisory or leadership experience, with demonstrated success in strategic sourcing and cost optimization.
- Strong strategic thinking, negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence executive leadership.
- Proven project management experience, including cross-functional collaboration, budgeting, scheduling, and risk management.
- Proven experience engaging in negotiations with international suppliers.
- Willingness to travel internationally 20% or more.
Director of Cost Engineering in ca at Unknown Company
This position is listed as contract and onsite.