COST ENGINEER
Must be willing to travel UK and Europe
Skills & Experience
Quotations:
Receive and review enquiries and formulate and manage the preparation of a quotation either directs from current customers/new potential customers or via the group Sales manager.
Obtaining tooling quotations – external and internal
Reviewing processes and equipment required
All aspects of the quotation to include material costs/bought out parts/packaging and logistics/cost down requirements and customer payment terms and expectations.
Prepare the necessary customer documentation to include quotation analysis sheets/documents/ feasibility/timing plans and any relevant required information
Presenting and visiting customers to review quotations
Project Management:
As and when required to be involved in any successful projects
Working with the engineering departments
Communications/conference calls/visits with the relevant customer
Customer Visits:
To be involved with all customer visits to include all preparation of presentations and factory tours
To be successful in the role of Costing Engineer you will have the following skills and experience:
External Customer Visits:
As required be available to visit customer on own or part of a team either in UK or abroad
Cost Negotiations:
As and when required, prepare cost consideration documents for customer financial reviews for review.
Be able to present this to the customer either on own or as part of a review team
HNC qualified in an Engineering discipline or apprentice trained
Numerate with a critical eye, confident with pricing and quoting
Confident and assertive communication skills, able to negotiate and agree costs whilst also considering business needs
Excel experience
Power Point experience
Good numeracy/maths skills
Good communication skills
Be able work alone or in a group activity – team player
CAD experience preferable but not mandatory