Ashford, Kent Diamond Search Recruitment Ltd

Diamond Search Recruitment are excited to be representing our client, a well-established, successful, and exciting design & manufacturing business. Recruiting for an Estimator based in Ashford, Kent.

Salary: 28,000 per annum + Bonus incentive + KPI = OTE 33K per annum

Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8am-5pm, Friday 8am-4pm

Benefits: 25 days annual leave, Company Bonus Incentive (after qualifying period) 14-16% of annual earning potential dependant on the profitability of the business, paid quarterly, Company Pension Scheme: Employer 7%, Employee 5% minimum contribution.

Responsibilities:

• Draw and evaluate information from a given customer enquiry in a structured and methodical way, which will provide you with a detailed overview of what product and solution is required, to enable a thorough and detailed quote to meet the project and product requirement.
• Provide the Quote within a set time frame from the initial enquiry, which is accurate in terms of technical and price content and correct for the intended application.
• Act upon any changes or revisions required to meet the project solution, which are expedited and recorded accurately and subsequently re-submitted to the customer.
• Ensure that all quotes and associated information is recorded within the IMS (Internal Management System) to provide a full picture of events from initial enquiry to fulfilled order.
• Build and maintain a rapport with clients within your given sector so as to understand the potential order and delivery period which will aid financial forecasting.
• Work closely with the Technical Team who will assist and guide on what products are best suited to a given application.
• Undertake detailed product and system training to become educated on the core elements and USP's of the product portfolio, which are critical for the role to be performed effectively.
• Work to a clearly defined sector and departmental sales budget, with specific responsibility for achieving set KPI's.
• Ensure any contractual terms and conditions associated with a given contract are sent to the Contracts Manager.

Requirements:

• Estimating experience
• Excellent Customer service, being consultative.
• Great at picking up systems, - ERP/MRP
• Naturally, you should have a technical bias and be conversant with reading architectural drawings as a pre-requisite.
• The ideal candidate will be someone who likes to take ownership of their work and enjoys supporting a busy and friendly sales team
  

Apply today!

Diamond Search Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency regarding this vacancy.