Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be supporting our long-standing manufacturing client with their search for a Sales Estimator.
Overall Purpose:
- We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Sales Estimator to join our clients commercial team.
- The successful candidate will play a key role in developing accurate cost estimates for customer projects, providing competitive pricing, and supporting the sales team in achieving revenue targets.
- You will work closely with multi-site and international technical, production, and procurement teams to ensure that project specifications are met whilst maximising profitability and customer satisfaction through effective decision making for optimal manufacturing.
Key Duties:
- Collaborate with the sales team to understand customer needs, clarify technical requirements, and propose appropriate solutions.
- Liaise with internal stakeholders, and where necessary suppliers and subcontractors to obtain competitive pricing for materials and external services required for bespoke projects.
- Analyse project specifications, technical drawings, and customer requirements to generate accurate cost estimates for expanded metal mesh and fabricated metal products.
- Maintain thorough documentation of all cost estimates, including assumptions, data sources, and calculation methods.
- Strong customer and sales focus, ensuring service levels to internal and external customers are maintained and constantly improved.
- Maintain records of estimates versus actual costs for ongoing improvement in accuracy and efficiency. Participating in project review meetings when appropriate.
- Work with multi-site production and engineering teams to refine manufacturing processes for improved cost-effectiveness.
- Adopt existing systems of work whilst also developing and cascading new methodologies and improved workflows for optimal project management.
Key Requirements:
- Ideally be familiar with laser cutting, metal fabrication or pressed metal processes within a manufacturing environment.
- Proficiency in reading technical drawings or specifications in order to accurately scope customer requirements.
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple projects and deadlines.
- Tenacity, confidence and resilience to work under pressure and deliver.
- Ability to present estimates clearly and professionally to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong IT skills, particularly within ERP and Microsoft Office 365.
The Package:
- Competitive salary, depending on experience.
- 26 days holiday + 8 bank.
- Company pension scheme.
- Health insurance.
- Bonus potential.
- Further training/development opportunities.
- Additional benefits.