Cost Estimator

Summary:  Provide cost and lead-time estimates for outside parts, tooling, materials, goods, and services in support of New Product Opportunities and Product Realization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Provide cost and lead-time estimates to sales department staff as needed


• Maintain a costing format that is common amongst MACK Business Units and the Purchasing function.


• Conduct preliminary purchase parts risk assessment


• Identify, qualify, and maintain outside manufacturing partners


• Ability to review Bill of Materials for best manufacturing methodology


• Coordinate requests for quotations for parts, tooling, materials, goods, and services to support new product introduction and production as necessary


• Maintain job related documentation including written and verbal communications


• Interface with Business Units, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance consistent with MACK policy and procedure


• Review program information to understand application, product intent and functionality and overall product requirements to ensure customer specifications communicated to suppliers address all needs.


• Review customer specifications and drawings and ensure sufficient to communicate required specifications for purchase parts to suppliers.


• Identify, source and qualify suppliers and negotiate supplier agreements.


• Secure necessary supplier Non-Disclosure Agreements


• Negotiate component costs, lead times, terms and conditions for initial purchases


• Communicate customer requirements and supplier capability


• Confirm supplier warranty terms


• Ensure tool ownership and warranty is defined


• Ensure an understanding of supplier capacity, yield and cost structure


• Attend program team meetings to address supplier-related matters


• Perform assigned activity in a timely manner


• Maintain and update short and long-term supply and sourcing strategies


• Continuously pursue supply chain cost reductions to enhance profitability


• Perform supplier audits as required


• Attend program team meetings as necessary to resolve vendor/supply chain issues to maintain customer satisfaction


• Provide support to other departments to set and achieve program goals to maintain total customer satisfaction


• Frequent domestic and occasional international travel to suppliers required


• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Business or Engineering from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of education and experience.  Working knowledge of plastic and metal fabrication and of electronic components desired for this position.