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Job Title: Sales Estimator
Location: Oldham
Salary: Competitive
This company is a well-established medium sized engineering business with a long history and exciting plans for business growth.
We are looking to strengthen our team and appoint a Sales Estimator based at our manufacturing sites in Oldham and Sheffield.
Role and Responsibilities
- The sales Estimator will be responsible for preparing sales estimates/tenders in line with customer requests and information they supply.
- Manage projects through the manufacturing/production process to ensure that information is recorded and fed back to customers where necessary and that projects are completed on time, to budget and with full compliance to client specifications.
- Check quotes prepared by other members of the sales team.
- Liaise with departmental managers on fabrication, machining hours and delivery
- Follow up quotations with customers to close deals.
- Liaise with in house personnel to achieve objectives.
- Attend exhibitions when required to do so to promote the services of this company.
- Feedback any customer related information to gather market place intelligence for sales, competitor manufacturing methods and pricing.
- Obtain material and external service prices for quotes.
- Assist in preparing/compiling Customer bids.
- Attend project kick off meetings when required to do so.
- Act in a manner with customers to instil confidence in order to generating more business.
- Able to read and understand technical drawings and the technical and commercial requirements of the project.
- Communicate with production departments on customer requirements including any technical changes.
Skills and Experience required:
- Knowledge of Fabrication/Machining/ processes within an Engineering capacity is desirable
- Environmental Standard ISO 14001
- Strong Customer-facing skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Previously worked in medium to heavy engineering
- Strong IT skills Including Excel & Microsoft Project
As a Company we have a strong manufacturing capability and History, with over 160 years Manufacturing from the Oldham Site. The company has existing strong ties within our Sectors, supported by a strong Blue-Chip Client Base, and we look forward to developing our Team further.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
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