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Livescribe – Exciting Ground Breaking Technology!

Livescribe will fundamentally change the way people capture, use and share information with pen and paper, making the possibilities of pen and paper endless. With Livescribe, people will no longer have to settle – they can have the best of both the paper and digital worlds. The company is designing innovative solutions that enhance personal productivity, learning, communication & creative expression. Livescribe is the forerunner in this new era of mobile computing.

Livescribe is funded by VantagePoint Venture Partners and has an executive management team with deep experience from successful technology companies such as LeapFrog, Palm, Apple and IBM. Livescribe incorporated in January 2007 and was founded by Jim Marggraff, the inventor of paper–based computing including the LeapPad & FLY Pentop.

Livescribe offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits, including the following:

• Kaiser Medical HSA
• Anthem Blue Cross Lumenos Medical HSA
• MetLife – Dental
• Metlife – AD&D/Life/Short term–Long Term Disability
• Vision Service Plan
• Metlife Employee Assistance Plan
• John Hancock 401k

Current positions available:

• Localization QA Engineer: Contract Position
• Production Planner & Buyer

Please email all inquiries to jobs@livescribe.com and include the job title in the subject line. Please attach your resume in either word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.

Localization QA Engineer: Contract Position

We are looking for several localization QA engineers with the following language skills: French, German, Italian or Spanish.

Role and Responsibilities:

Localization QA Engineer will perform testing on the localized System (Pulse Pen/LD Win/Mac/Web) to ensure the quality standard is met. This is a temporary, three months contracting position.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Minimum two years of software localization QA/engineering experience
• BS in computer science or equivalent
• Fluency in English and at least one of the target languages (French/Italian/German/Spanish)

Skill and Technical Requirements:

• Ability to document technical issues, testing processes, and test plans
• In–depth knowledge of Windows/Mac/Web testing
• Ability troubleshoot user problems
• Strong communication skills and excellent follow–through
• Flexible and positive attitude

This is a contract position that runs through March 2010.

Please email all inquiries to jobs@livescribe.com and include "Localization QA Engineer: Contract Position" in the subject line. Please attach your resume in either word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.

This is a contract job. Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job! Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Production Planner & Buyer

Livescribe, Inc. is a privately held, venture-funded trailblazer in a new, low–cost mobile computing platform: the Pulse smartpen. The Pulse smartpen revolutionizes the act of writing by recording and linking audio to handwriting, so users never miss a word. Pulse enhances productivity, learning, communication and self expression for anyone that uses pen and paper.

Reporting to Livescribe's Vice President of Supply Chain and Logistics, the Production Planner and Buyer will be a major contributor to the Sales and Operational Planning process, ensuring that production schedules are met, costs are contained and appropriate levels of inventory are maintained for optimum cash flow.

We are seeking an energetic, and hard–working individual who enjoys working both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced operations department within a dynamic company. Livescribe is conveniently located in Oakland on 880, 10 minutes north of the 880/ San Mateo Bridge junction.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Help lead and drive the internal S&OP (Sales & Operational Planning) process
• Develop, communicate and execute the manufacturing schedule per the output of the monthly S&OP process
• Review and analyze sales forecast, on hand inventory and sales demand for all products
• Manage weekly and monthly production plans in a timely, cost efficient manner with minimum inventory exposure
• Monitor costs and schedule compliance of contract manufacturers
• Manage the development and launch of new products, taking into account the full marketing mix
• Create daily, weekly, and monthly analytics and reporting to support business needs for better information in decision making

Requirements:

• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects at once with tight deadlines
• High–level of comfort in working with numbers and spreadsheets
• Excellent analytical and problem–solving skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• The ideal candidate must also be able to identify and execute improvement opportunities through both process improvements and system improvements
• Strong understanding of supply chain systems, practices, process, and procedures
• At least 8+ years of progressive experience in a purchasing & product planning role
• APICS certification
• Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Computer Science or related field

Please email all inquiries to jobs@livescribe.com and include "Production Planner & Buyer" in the subject line. Please attach your resume in either word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.