Manufacturing Estimator

Job description:

- Partner with engineering and evaluate projects for costs related to design

- Develop, organize and maintain price book for all manufactured items

- Manage bid requests from sales group and prepare formal quotes, paying special attention to design specifications and features

- Follow up on quotes/proposals and update as necessary

- Include basic sales drawings and plant layouts for quote/proposals provided by engineering department

- Solicit quotes from factories and key vendors as needed

- Maintain and manage historical quote data including pertinent information on wins & losses that will better aid in understanding market pricing

- Assist with the ongoing development of tools for the sales group

- Work with engineering to develop cost estimates for projects

- Provides shipping dates, costs and/or estimates as required

- Prepares and qualifies the required capital to fund large projects

- Develops and maintains costing tools

- Request estimates from 3rd party contractors for "turn key" projects

- Continuously evaluate cost estimating data and work sheet forms and make necessary changes as required

- Manage proposal process and provide inputs to management for future process improvements

- Drive communication between engineering, planning, production and sales to ensure alignment with overall business processes and goals

- Promote standardization across the estimation & proposal process

- Assist with prioritization of build slots with consideration to due dates, current workload and manpower at all manufacturing locations

- Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

- High School diploma or equivalent

- Having functional competence and a basic understanding of engineering, manufacturing, and the production process is a must

- Must be comfortable working in a dynamic, team-based environment where priorities are continually changing

- Must be analytical and detailed oriented with ability to develop and organize costing tools

- Able to follow verbal and written instructions with minimal supervision

- Able to identify problems and offer alternative solutions

- Ability to communicate effectively internally and externally

- Must be highly organized and possess the ability to multitask to meet deadlines in a challenging fast paced environment

- Understanding of Oracle based ERP and/or NetSuite a plus

- Proficiency in MS Office a must