SCM Quotation Specialist II - SDCA

General Purpose and Scope

The Quotation Specialist II will play a strategic role in improving our probability to win new contract work through competitive quoting and increasing company profits by understanding the value proposition of products against competition. The role requires flexibility, business understanding, financial aptitude, effective communications, and the ability to handle a variety of different internal and external customers. The Quotation Specialist II will ensure prompt and thorough responses to client RFQ/P/I requests for material and subcontract pricing. Clients include new construction, service & support, and business development. Transactions at this level range from routine to complex, may involve moderately high dollar values and moderate levels of risk with heavy volume, and moderately complex commodities.

Authorities/Responsibilities

• Provide proposal pricing requests for raw materials, parts, subassemblies, finished goods, MRO materials, equipment, tooling, supplies and/or services from suppliers.
  • Understands, analyzes, documents and communicates contractual, technical and terms/conditions and has a working understanding of bid strategies and market conditions.
  • Negotiates with suppliers to obtain the most favorable moderately high dollar quotation possible in order to meet or exceed the proposal team’s price to win target.
  • Has a substantial effect on the ability to achieve the price to win target and to improve the probability to win.
• Reads and interprets specifications, drawings, statements of work and other information that details requirements.
• Communicates with suppliers to discuss material specifications, clarifies and confirms bill of materials, negotiates pricing and identifies alternatives for special or custom orders.
• Communicates with internal customers to resolve problems with projects during bidding process.
• Follows-up on open and outstanding quotations with internal customers to determine status.
• Communicates with multiple internal departments including Programs, Estimating, Production Control, Finance, Contracts and other SCM functions to ensure quotes and resulting orders are complete.
• Posts projects being bid by internal customers in IFS’ Sales Order module.
• Logs and tracks pricing activities with status from inception to completion.
• Promotes continuous improvement in the procurement organization.
• Fulfills other duties as assigned by Managers.

Qualifications/Knowledge/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance or related field and 2 years’ purchasing, sourcing, or estimation/quotations of proposals experience required OR candidates without a degree may be considered with at least 6 years of purchasing, sourcing, or estimation/quotation of proposals experience.
• New hires are required to successfully complete Austal Buyer II Certification within the first 90 days of hire.
• Incumbent individuals are required to complete the requisite courses required to be eligible for promotion to the corresponding levels.
• Experience in reading drawings / specs is preferred but not a requirement.

Liaises With

• Proposal Team
• Contracts
• Business Development
• Estimating
• Engineering
• Strategic and Tactical Buyers
• Sr. Purchasing Manager
• Vice President of Supply Chain
• Senior Management
• Materials Program Managers
• Material Program Staff
• Senior Logistics Manager
• Compliance Coordinator (Supply Chain)
• Document control and other administrative department personnel.

Hours Of Work

40 hours per week with additional time as required or necessary.

Work Environment

• Exposure to humid conditions, bright flashing lights, moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, outside weather conditions, and extreme heat.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes and/or airborne particles at or below the PEL, toxic or caustic chemicals, and heat and cold.
• Exposure to noise level in the work environment is usually very loud, + 90 dB.
• Exposure to safety hazards.

Compensation

Salary is dependent on relevant experience: $67,489 - $94,477 per year.