Cost Engineer Manager

Senior Manager, Cost Engineer - Hybrid

This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days on-site weekly is required

Valley City, OH
-OR
- Towson, MD, United States

Come make the world and accelerate your success.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:

As a Senior Manager, Cost Engineer, you’ll be part of our Cost Engineering team working as a hybrid employee. You’ll get to:

Enterprise Cost Engineering Leadership

• Define and lead the enterprise cost engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap to scale cost modeling capabilities across business units, product categories, and regions.
• Establish standardized methodologies, governance, and best practices for should-cost modeling, cost analytics, and cost transparency across the organization.
• Drive integration of cost engineering into product development, sourcing, portfolio planning, and margin improvement processes.
• Identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities where cost modeling can influence product strategy, design decisions, and sourcing outcomes.

Supplier and Sourcing Support

• Collaborate with Global Procurement and category teams to identify strategic categories, suppliers, and components for cost modeling focus.
• Provide fact-based cost insights to support supplier negotiations, cost gap analysis, and sourcing strategy development.
• Strengthen negotiation readiness through should-cost analysis, market-informed assumptions, and executive-ready recommendations.
• Challenge supplier cost positions and identify opportunities for productivity, alternative sourcing, and total-cost improvement.

Value Engineering and Continuous Improvement

• Lead and expand cost engineering participation in VAVE, productivity, and cost optimization initiatives across the enterprise.
• Identify cost reduction opportunities through analysis of design, manufacturing processes, materials, and supply chain alternatives.
• Drive continuous improvement in cost engineering tools, processes, data quality, and organizational capability.
• Establish KPIs, reporting, and governance mechanisms to measure the maturity and impact of cost engineering across the enterprise.

The Person:

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field required;
  Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or similar discipline preferred.
• MBA or advanced technical/business degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in cost engineering, manufacturing, engineering, sourcing, or related technical/business functions, with increasing scope and leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience leading should-cost modeling, cost analytics, value engineering, or design-to-cost initiatives in a manufacturing or product-driven environment.
• Experience scaling processes, tools, or analytical capabilities across multiple teams, business units, or regions.
• Proven success influencing cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering, Product Management, Sourcing, Operations, and Finance.
• Prior people leadership experience, including leading and developing technical teams.
• Experience in a global supply management or strategic sourcing environment preferred.

The Details:

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