Senior Estimator

Description:

Responsible for making sure customer enquires are costed correctly, accurately, all included, most economical way to produce thus to give the very best price to try and help win the order. Looking out for potential themes in the market and recommending potential stocking initiatives in a bid to be more competitive next tim.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Managing the incoming enquires coordinating with sales on what are the days and customer priorities are. Keeping close eye to deadlines so not to lose anything unintentionlly.

• Create cost build ups for customer enquires with in-depth knowledge of materials, manufacturing, plating and testing knowedge.

• Create supplier relationships with all needed suppliers and sub vendors in order to get best and timely prices.

• Driving to help turn inhouse stocks so need to be completely familiar with all intrnally.

• Keep in-tune with market trends, availability of main material grades to be an advisor of any short falls on grades and diameters – communicate to order processing.

• Keep a close eye on repeated parts, materials, product types and make recommendations to the board of anything that could be advantageous to make us more competitive ongoing.

• Constant under current or searching for new suppliers that could potentially give us a compettive edge.

• Work studies of machine times, cataloguing times, tooling, and creating easy guides to aid in estimating – continual improvement approach that can streamline ways to work.

• Keeping in tune with current company capacities in all different areas so to stay on point with delivery offerings – also subcon vendors. Any hot shots to be discussed with all if it can be done before commitment.

• Making sure both departments are always following health and safty protocols.

• Continual improvement in al that you do.

• Being willing to undertake reasonable overtime as n