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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
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