Estimator - Materials jobs in Fort Worth, TX

Support all commercial aspects of the sales function across the business. Comprehend the efficient management and co-ordination of customer/prospect pricing and requirements. Working with the Commercial team to provide and develop the businesses commercial framework to cover all aspects of facility pricing.

Primary Duties

• Provide market-based pricing based upon commercial tools, CRM software, dashboards, real market feedback, and industry knowledge
• Partner with plant management for effective job and work order creation to analyze production capabilities and calculate correct production rates, weights and sizes that affects each individual process

• Support Sales Team with customer data and prices for tenders and customer reviews
• Review standards against actual capabilities/production rates
• Provide quotations to our clients, ensuring all necessary background information is obtained, including, where appropriate, consultation with design, sales, and the operations team
• Dependable team player that works well with multiple departments
• Coordinate with Customer Service to accurately gather all the information needed to create an accurate estimate
• Provide proactive, strong, well composed commercial support to the sales teams.
• Communicate with customers as needed to gather information needed to provide a quality estimate
• Develop and deploy commercial tools to support business improvement and growth
• Effective daily communication with customers/prospects as needed and internal Smurfit Kappa departments; also supporting the Sales Team as required in analysis and customer profile reporting

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• English proficient
• Minimum 3 years in B2B environment
• Microsoft office skills
• Understanding of the end-to-end sales
• Ability to translate commercial data into action
• Excellent analytical skills
• Self-driven management
• Customer Centric orientation
• Persevering, resilient and constant follow up of the sales process
• Curiosity & Creativity to open new opportunities
• Organization and ability to deliver Change management
• Complaints & conflict management
• Track KPI reports and well organized
• Good interpersonal skills and team oriented

• Product knowledge in packaging solutions
• Proficient in Salesforce preferred
• Proficient in Amtech preferred
• Sustainability background
• Familiar with essential concepts and strategies related to demand management, procurement and supplier planning, material requirements planning, capacity requirements

About Smurfit Kappa

Smurfit Kappa is a FTSE 100 company and one of the leading providers of paper-based packaging in the world, with operations in 23 European countries and 12 countries in the Americas.

EEO Statement

Smurfit Kappa is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, status as a Vietnam Era, disabled veteran, special disabled veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal Veteran, recently separated or other protected veteran. Smurfit Kappa also complies with all applicable state, federal and local laws, regulations and ordinances prohibiting discrimination in places where Smurfit Kappa operates.

Our vision is to be a globally admired business, dynamically delivering secure and superior returns for all stakeholders.