Corporate Estimator

Job Description
Responsible for preparing and/or coordinating the development of accurate, timely, and detailed cost estimates on a variety of work as presented by Sales, including complex and unique arrangementsrequiring the comparison of multiple options to build an appropriate quote/estimate. Corporate Estimators receive specifications from Customer Service, Manufacturing, and Sales, and are responsiblefor clarifying or assembling any missing information, interpreting the data, and taking into consideration the business, location, platform assets, and schedules necessary to produce the request to build anestimate and recommend pricing scenarios that best fit the customer needs. Corporate Estimators work and negotiate both internally and externally with vendors to determine best fits and build appropriatecost estimates used in establishing sell prices.
Responsibilities:
Receive job specifications from Customer Service, Manufacturing, or Sales.
Review job specifications and apply knowledge of pricing and manufacturing to ensure that all aspects of the customer's project have been addressed and accounted for.
Contact Sales to gather missing/incomplete information required to price a job.
Work independently on the best way to produce products.
Could work with the assigned platforms or other platforms within RRD to determine methods of production.
May also work with outside vendors to compare and evaluate our assets with outside assets to develop the best pricing scenario.
General understanding of and may be considered an expert at a specific platform and has a good understanding of other RRD platforms.
Use pricing systems/software to assist in building pricing scenarios.
Consider and make decisions related to appropriate manufacturing equipment groups, platform assets, locations, and schedules to best match the customer's delivery requirements and offer the
best price option.
May review historical estimates to determine the new estimate.
May make alterations to scenarios to offer customers multiple options.
Work with manufacturing operations on new or unique opportunities to ensure projects can be produced in-house.
May engage Sourcing on work that requires outside vendors to produce and establish a cost basis.
Review historical quotes on renewals and update pricing to current costs.
Perform other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.