Cumberland Furniture has entrusted Management Business Solutions as a strategic recruitment partner in their pursuit of Project Estimator for their Grand Rapids, Michigan office. Aligned with Cumberland’s robust talent strategies, we have meticulously structured our processes to adeptly identify, screen, and recruit qualified candidates for this pivotal opening.
SUMMARY: This role is pivotal in ensuring the seamless operation of our sales department and achieving desired business results through effective planning, processes, and collaboration
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serve as the primary point of contact for new and existing customers, preparing quotes for custom products and modifications to existing products.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Sales, Customer Service, Purchasing, Engineering, and Plant Operations.
- Communicate with sales teams and end users to clearly define the project parameters and scope of work.
- Evaluate custom product concepts and gather material, labor, and supplier costs to provide accurate and timely cost estimates.
- Collaborate with engineering, production, supply chain and other internal teams to seek necessary input during the estimating process.
- Integrate issues of design, function, materials, durability, manufacturing processes, and safety with cost effective solutions.
- Review, drawings, specifications and develop risk mitigating clarifications during the estimating process.
- Assist business development team with assembly and execution of technical proposals for “Request for Proposals” (RFP’s).
- Collaborate with the project management team to evaluate and provide project schedules and lead times.
- Support the project management team and change proposal pricing on active projects as necessary.
- Ability to communicate technical information with an exceptional attention to detail.
- Effectively prioritize multiple responsibilities and make progress on numerous projects concurrently.
- Develop and maintain strong customer relationships, identifying new possibilities for growth.
- Own the quoting process, continually improving the quoting process and quote process times.
- Develop and maintain a tracking process to compare quotes to actual cost once project is awarded.
- Strong project management and time management skills
- Reliable Attendance.
- ·Other projects and responsibilities as necessary.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent experience.
- 1-3 years of Quoting/Estimating experience.
- Experience in furniture or manufacturing environment is preferred.
- Strong communication, relationship building, and time management skills.
- Proficient in Office365 and ERP Systems.
- Proven problem-solving skills.
- Must be able to read and interpret engineering drawings.
- AutoCAD experience preferred but not required.
PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORKING CONDITIONS:
- The primary working location will be in an office environment where low volume noise is on-going.
- Able to sit/stand at workstation for up to the entire scheduled workday.
- Most of the office time is spent using a computer system.
- No special safety equipment required.
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