Cost Estimator/Bid Planner at Turnkey PrintWorld Limited (PrintWorld Nigeria)

Status: Full Time Salaried
Salary: Attractive and Negotiable

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct price survey and material availability
• Receive and respond to quote request from the sales group and the Customer Service department for Core/Commercial, Digital and Direct Mail job categories
• Set the standard for developing appropriate and effective working relationships with Sales Management, BDMs, Sales Representatives and vendors.
• Work with individual Strategic Account Manager and Sales Reps to understand customer requirements.
• Research product to ensure product knowledge as well as Best Avenue for vendor pricing.
• Helps determine necessary resources for projects based on cost estimates and budgetary constraints.
• Estimate job costs and apply the appropriate markup based on product category.
• Maintain estimating system; close quotes, de-activate old quotes, add/change supplier codes and contact names.
• To assist in the development and delivery of all bids and projects, ensuring pre-qualification questionnaires and all tender documentation are completed.
• To draft and review bid submission content, ensuring all bids are submitted on time and fully compliant with the requirements.
• Ensure all proposals are formatted and comply with company brand guidelines, customer requirements and follow internal quality guidelines.
• Analyze the client’s documents to ensure the responses being created respond implicitly to the questions being asked.
• Liaise with customer care for invoicing of clients orders

Additional Qualifications:

• Accounting knowledge
• Advanced negotiation skills and knowledge of press capabilities and printing procedures.
• Basic understanding of the print process along with basic paper knowledge; paper grades.
• Knowledge and the ability to use computerized estimating systems
• Ability to effectively respond to questions from management, customers, sales representatives, and employees.
• Ability to add, subtracts, multiply and divides in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratios, and percent and draw and interpret graphs; Strong math skills.
• Manage telephone calls professionally and efficiently; ability to communicate both written and verbally
• Ability to work well under pressure; work with diverse personalities and deal effectively with conflict.
• Strong work ethics, dependable, accountable, and displays a sense of urgency.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook system to include calendar, e-mail, task list, etc; excellent computer (Microsoft Office Suite) and data entry skills.
• Proficient in Excel with the ability to create spreadsheets with simple formulas
• Ability to use experience and independent judgment to make effective decisions
• Excellent problem solving (think outside the box), follow-up, decision making, and organizational skills