180 Engineering is hiring: Manufacturing Quotations Coordinator in Crystal Lake

Manufacturing Quotations Coordinator (Direct Hire)

Crystal Lake, IL

Job Requisition: 7258

Description for Manufacturing Quotations Coordinator:

In this role, you will be responsible for managing customer orders, providing price quotations, and ensuring efficient communication between customers, engineers, manufacturing partners, and suppliers. You will play a crucial role in estimating material and labor costs, managing multiple projects, and supporting the production process from order placement to delivery. The ideal candidate will have strong multitasking skills, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to work with ERP systems.

Responsibilities for Manufacturing Quotations Coordinator:

• Receives requests for price quotations, purchase orders, order changes, adjustments, and cancellations directly from domestic & international customers as well as the sales team and distributors.
• Estimates material and labor costs based on analysis of customer specifications, pricing schedules for labor and materials, and historical data, and expedites job costing to customers as requested.
• Prioritizes and maintains the status of multiple projects at the same time.
• Conducts extensive detailed communication with customer engineers, manufacturing partners, and material suppliers.
• Meets with Quality Manager when necessary to establish custom testing parameters.
• Recommends purchases as needed to meet or improve the production schedule.
• Analyzes post-production costs and uses data to inform future project estimates.
• Works within ERP system to search and review data, as well as input of information.
• Handles customer calls, including contacting customers to ascertain data omitted on orders, providing production status, coordinating special instructions and managing customer requests.
• Maintains rapport with customers and works to give them the best possible service.
• Monitors competitors’ services to ensure a competitive market edge in selling price and added value.
• Mails brochures, samples, price quotations, and similar data to customers, as required.
• Maintains liaison with other departments for order completion.
• Performs any and all administrative tasks to support the production of customer orders including artwork and plates.
• Additional duties as requested/assigned.

Requirements for Manufacturing Quotations Coordinator:

• H.S. Degree/GED or equivalent work experience required, Bachelor's degree preferred
• 10+ years of manufacturing related experience and 3+ years in a Manufacturing Estimator role is required.
• Flexible Packaging industry experience is preferred
• Previous ERP/MRP experience required, Radius MRP system experience is preferred
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint and Outlook) required
• Strong organizational skills and ability to effectively communicate and share knowledge with others required
• Works well with other departments in communication of timelines, priorities and resolving ambiguous tasks/situations.