Job Title: Sales Estimator
Location: Oldham
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Permanent, Full time
The role:
Prepare sales estimates/tenders in line with customer requests and information they supply. Promote the service of the company. 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.
The company:
Oldham Engineering Limited is a well-established medium sized engineering business with a long history and exciting plans for business growth.
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.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare sales estimates and submit quotations against customer supplied information.
- 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.
- Where necessary chair / hand over information in hand over meeting.
- Liaise with in house personnel to achieve the above objectives.
- Attend exhibitions when required to do so to promote the services of Oldham Engineering Limited.
- 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.
- Generate production schedules when necessary, using the most practical and cost-effective manufacturing practices.
- Communicate with production departments on customer requirements including any technical changes.
- Ensure customer documentation requirements are met.
- Conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times when representing the company.
- Ensure that any customer information is delivered as efficiently as possible to other internal departments when necessary.
- Follow Company/Departmental Procedures.
- Any ad hoc duties as and when requested to do so.
- Use PPE in areas where you are required to do so.
- Keep your work area clean and tidy and free from obstruction at all times thus creating a safe working environment.
- Follow the company’s Health & Safety Policy at all times.
Knowledge and skills required:
- Fabrication/Machining/General workshop capabilities
- IT skills
- Company systems
- Departmental Procedures
- Lines of Communication
- Customer service skills
- Quality Standard ISO 9001
- Environmental Standard ISO 14001
- Customer service skills
This list is not exhaustive and the job holder will be expected to perform other reasonable tasks in the interest of their role and the Company’s performance.
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Sales Estimator, please click ‘apply’ now – we’d love to hear from you!
Overseas candidates will NOT be considered for this role. We are not sponsoring Visa’s at this time, so please refrain from applying unless eligible to work in the UK.
Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Estimator, Project Estimator, Cost Estimator, Sales Executive, Sales Negotiator, Negotiator, Tenancy Negotiator, Rentals Negotiator, Administration, Researcher, Sales Executive, will also be considered for this role.
