Senior Quote Specialist - Technical Focus

Senior Quote Specialist

Great People Making Lifesaving Products We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Quote Specialist to join our highly skilled, dynamic team. Nortech Systems is a leading provider of engineering and manufacturing solutions for complex electromedical and electromechanical products. We proudly serve mission critical markets, including medical imaging, medical devices, industrial, and aerospace & defense. Nortech delivers exceptional value by solving complex challenges through innovative, customized engineering, design, manufacturing, and data management solutions. Our expertise is in complex cable, PCBA and integrated higher level assemblies. Our team is focused on delivering lifesaving products from medical devices which detect and treat cancer to mission-critical components for airplanes and submarines. Nortech's customers include some of the biggest names in industry, medical devices and aerospace and defense. We take pride in our team's role in making products that make a difference. We're seeking a detail-oriented and technically minded SR Quote Specialist who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The ideal candidate can translate complex technical information into accurate and competitive customer quotes while partnering closely with engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and sales teams. This individual is highly organized, analytical, and proactive, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement. A strong understanding of manufacturing processes, product costing, and technical documentation is preferred, along with the ability to evaluate existing procedures and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and overall quote performance. The pay range for this role is $72,000 - $85,000 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, and other candidate qualifications. This role is hybrid.

What Nortech Offers

• Competitive compensation
• Outstanding benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance for employee & family, including a 100% company-paid base medical plan for employees; 401k with company match; tuition reimbursement and PTO
• A diverse and inclusive workplace fostering responsible social engagement
• Training and opportunity for advancement

What We're Looking For:

• Strong technical aptitude and ability to work closely with engineering teams.
• Proven problem solving and decision making abilities.
• Continuous improvement and results oriented mindset.
• Experience interpreting drawings, specifications, BOMs, and manufacturing requirements.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across multiple functions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create bill of material for quotes with ERP system from customer documentation, focusing on large and complex projects as assigned.
• Guide, coordinate, and gather quote inputs including project scope, engineering design, manufacturing and administrative labor, materials, equipment, and other cost estimates.
• Review technical documentation and coordinate with engineering and other subject matter experts to ensure accurate capture of product, components, parts, labor, and other factors.
• Lead team efforts, coordinating with Supply Chain, Engineering, and Production team members to determine material needs, source and negotiate supplier estimates with the objective to achieve high quality materials, parts, and components at the lowest initial total cost.
• Lead team efforts, coordinating with Engineering and Production team members to evaluate and estimate production requirements including manufacturing set-up and production labor costs.
• Assess manufacturing processes, production methods, and labor requirements.
• Analyze production requirements and capacity considerations.
• Evaluate engineering change notices (ECN) and determine re-quote requirements.
• Review all estimation inputs against customer RFQs to ensure accuracy, completeness, and adherence to Nortech's standards.
• Review or oversee review of actual manufacturing cost reports and/or conduct quote reviews on active assemblies to identify trends and areas for quote estimation process improvement.
• Present ideas orally and/or in writing.
• Communicate and ensure Company quote process, documentation, version control, pricing standards and protocols are followed.
• Keep supervisor informed about project status, workload, concerns, questions, and progress.
• Demonstrate and support Nortech's Mission, Core Values, policies and procedures at all times.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education & Background:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, or related area, or three years' experience coordinating customer RFQ cost estimates (or closely related work) in a complex or custom manufacturing environment. One year of experience:
• Reading product specification documents and basic engineering drawings including customer RFQs, electro-mechanical engineering product design, production schematics, financials, bill of materials, and other technical inputs.
• Acting as a liaison between sales, engineering, supply chain, production, and/or finance teams to coordinate review and evaluation of customer RFQs, document product manufacturing set-up requirements, time and cost estimates, and evaluate production fit and capacity.
• Using sales support systems to track, enter, and manage product documentation and sales quote data.
• Professional experience coordinating and communicating complex technical and product pricing topics across multi-functional teams.
• Experience using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and/or similar software collaboration tools at a proficient level.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, or related area with three years' experience as described above.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelors or better.

Experience

Professional experience coordinating and communicating complex technical and product pricing topics across multi-functional teams. Experience using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and/or similar software collaboration tools at a proficient level. Three years' experience: o Acting as a liaison between sales, engineering, supply chain, production, and/or finance teams to coordinate review and evaluation of customer RFQs, document product manufacturing set-up requirements, time and cost estimates, and evaluate production fit and capacity. o Using sales support systems at an advanced level to track, enter, and manage product documentation and sales quote data. Three years' experience: o Reading product specification documents and basic engineering drawings including customer RFQs, electro-mechanical engineering product design, production schematics, financials, bill of materials, and other technical inputs. Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, or related area, or five years' experience coordinating large and complex customer RFQ cost estimates (or closely related work) in an electro-mechanical or custom technical manufacturing environment.

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