Associate - Contract Management (Estimation)

Ahmedabad, INDIA | Position Code: 1203AA

About the Role:

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

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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

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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

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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