Quotation Engineer - Horsham, United States - C&D Technologies

Description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

-Position Overview

The Quotation Engineer is responsible for communicating with customers and salespeople, receiving their requirements and translating these into product configurations and ultimately sales quotes.

Areas of Focus (Teams)

• Receive and review customer and salesperson input in the form of RFQ's and other documented and non-documented processes.
• Using the input, company documents, tools, and other internal resources to develop and configure battery systems that meet the technical customer requirements.
• Coordinate with other team members to develop customer quotations with accurate configurations, lead time and pricing by assessing market conditions and competitive offerings.
• Communicate with customers/salespeople to convert the quotes into actual customer orders. Provide feedback for system optimization.
• Assist in development of tools and information systems to optimize the quotation and order systems.
• Fully knowledgeable in the use of Salesforce opportunity and quotation modules.
• Assist procurement & customer service in creating cabinet PNs and filling out cabinet purchase requisitions
• Work with vendors directly to get costing on procured items such as cabinets, racks, chargers, etc.
• Work with other team members to keep workflow consistent and minimize any individual overload or backlog
• Participate in reviewing and routing quotation requests to correct product segment, incoming requests through C&D quotes request email box.
• Technical information support for internal C&D customers and C&D Sales/Customer Service teams.
• Understand the pricing structures and strategies for the market segments for implementation on quotes and price sheets
• Review the technical information on customer price sheets, assisting Pricing team with completion of price sheets.
• Support other Sales ENG team when they are not available by learning all market segments and nuclear quotation processes.

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline (Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, etc.) or combination of education and relative work experience
• Proficiency in MS Office products
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Aptitude for critical thinking and problem solving
• Self-starter, able to work independently
• Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
• 10% travel

• Experience using Salesforce
• Lean Six Sigma knowledge
• Knowledge of battery designs
• Knowledge of industry standards
• Pricing or Quotation Experience