REQUIRED SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Must be self-motivated and self-managed with a high degree of ambition and strong drive to succeed.
• Capable of successfully working with little supervision.
• Must be a team player who takes the initiative and is flexible with changing demands.
• Exhibits professional demeanor and presence.
• Accurate, focused and detail oriented with a strong “follow through to completion” attitude.
• Exercises insightful judgement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office with advanced Excel skills.
• Must have ability to work in a fast paced environment handling multiple tasks simultaneously.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Engineering, Marketing, or related field.
• 3-5 years of manufacturing administrative work environment in quoting or costing; and/or manufacturing administrative work environment in planner/engineering, customer service, and/or purchasing preferred.
• Previous experience in the converting or printing industry strongly desired.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

• Develop price quotations based on cost analysis presented by engineering team.
• Price margin levels to insure company profitability from outside suppliers and internal quotes are met.
• Insure all quoting deadlines are met.
• Utilizing engineered (quoted) standards, provide input into order engineering systems.
• Work with customer service teams to manage contract/blanket orders in line with capacity demands, cost and inventory objectives.
• Assist in developing effective VOC (Voice of Customer) and other customer critical inputs to assure effective production planning.
• Support the entire internal quoting system.
• Support bid packages.
• Maintain an accurate Quotation Database.
• Interface with the Sales force to ensure accurate quoting data is provided for the customer.
• Research and solicit outside vendors when necessary.
• Run daily reports to manage all pricing is set up accurately in QAD.
• Validate customer purchase orders to quoted pricing and upload into QAD system.
• Assist with preparing cost analysis for yearly customer service cost downs.
• Validate pricing discrepancies submitted by Finance in Complaint Que.
• Assist with running profitability analysis to validate quote to production.
• Submit pricing to senior management for approval when required.
• All other duties assigned.