Associate - Contract Management (Estimation)

SUMMARY

Associate - Contract Management (Estimation)

Ahmedabad, INDIA Position Code: 1203AA

About the Role:

We are looking for an Associate - Contract Management (Estimation), who thrives in a high performance and fast paced technical environment. As an Associate within the Contract Management (Estimation) team, you will be responsible for independently performing most function tasks, ensuring that our customer receives a great product.

What you'll deliver:

• Work to team plan & deliver your tasks on-time & within budget
• Evaluate your work progress to the plan and make required course corrections
• Receive and Inward new request for quotation (RFQ) and proposal (RFP) in company PDM and ERP system
• Engauge with customer to establish their objectives, project goals & our scope of work
• Study customer input and prepare detailed project scope and potential risk report & propose mitigation actions
• Swiftly seek clarification from customer in clear and concise communication
• Prepare make/buy report to meet with project scope of work and lead time
• Prepare complete effort(hrs) and commercial estimation for every detail of scope of work
• Identify, how our offer could exceed customer expectation from function, cost, quality and delivery perspective
• Organise and Conduct stage reviews with all concerned leaders to finalise our response
• Submit detailed response in form of Quotation or Proposal as required by customer within time
• Provide weekly update to leadership as well as Project and APQP functions on upcoming project pipeline
• Swiftly resolve non-conformance to minimise impact on project objectives
• Deliver your work 'right first time' & 'on time in full'
• Understand project goals and objectives and complete your task within budget
• Follow processes, standard operating procedure (SOP) and apply best practices in your work
• Follow function's performance and improvement processes in your work
• Apply lean & 5S visual work environment principles in your work
• Align your work to meet your KPIs to achieve your growth goals
• Evaluate your KPI trend and implement required course corrections
• Utilise learning material & proactively participate in discussion forums
• Make your learning program to enhance your skills & knowledge
• Make & implement your performance & economic growth plan

What you'll need:

• Passion for our Vision: Transform Manufacturing
• 2+ years of total working experience in related domain
• In - depth domain knowledge gained at an education institution or self - learnt
• Proficiency of design and manufacturing organisation cost matrix
• Proficiency of cost structure of design and manufacturing processes in electro-mechanical domain
• Proficiency of costing of aerospace materials, manufacturing processes, BOIs and standards
• Proficiency of risk identification & mitigation of large and complex design and make projects
• Proficiency of complex estimation process, detailed proposal writing & customer communication
• Proficient understanding of quality management systems and ISO9001/AS9100 standards
• Proficient understanding of lean & six sigma principles
• Proficiency in engineering fundamentals and emerging technologies
• Proficient ability to identify risks, manage them and implement mitigating actions
• Flexibility to go beyond normal work hours in time of need and support other functions

Must have:

• Attitude to positively work with cross functional teams
• Respectful behaviour and willingness to adapt company code of conduct
• Attitude to learn, do your best work and grow
• Initiative and courage to explore new ideas and learn from the mistakes
• Perfectionist approach and meticulous to the finest detail in everything that you do
• Clear and concise written & verbal English language communication as well as presentation skills
• Proficiency in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams and other MS Office software
• Readiness work in different shifts to support customers in different time zone

Nice to have:

• Proficient knowledge of estimation best practices with ERP systems
• Experience of working with leading ERP software like - Epicor / SAP / NetSuite
• Great sense of humour