What are the responsibilities and job description for the Estimator position at AB Corporate?
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with operations, package engineers, procurement and sales during estimate creation to ensure overall accuracy and consistency to fulfill project requirements.
- Work closely with external vendors to secure accurate pricing for direct materials and printed materials.
- Prepare accurate pricing for projects with the proper level of detail using mathematical models to generate estimates.
- Critically analyze project quote requests to understand risk and opportunities and articulate those to management.
- Learn and understand product specifications and associated manufacturing processes and equipment to then translate into reliable quotes.
- Organize and maintain quotation files with sufficient detail to ensure accurate quote information.
- Develop strong relationships with the Sales team to foster collaboration and improve turnaround time.
- Track project requests to ensure turnaround time is achieved.
- Provide required information to Purchasing for accurate execution new order requests.
- And other duties / responsibilities as assigned based on the needs of the company.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Industrial Engineering or relevant field or a combination of equivalent education and work experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of estimator/industry experience in a consumer-packaged goods company.
- Position requires significant mathematical calculations associated with estimating toolbox.
- Experience in understanding manufacturing costs including direct labor, materials as well as fixed factory costs as they relate to product costing.
- Preferred knowledge of filling, packaging, and attaching equipment and operations.
- Proficient in MS Office Suite with advanced knowledge of Excel.
