Job Responsibilities
- Manage the pricing and estimating standards process for each proposal within internal and external date expectations
- Coordination with Operations, Supply Chain and Engineering to determine which parts will be made vs. bought and identify required special processes
- Work with multi-functional departments to assess RFP requirements and develop accurate recurring and nonrecurring estimates for parts and assemblies
- Provide engineering data packages to Supply Chain based on commodities for quoting, ensuring all necessary information is included
- Coordinate with the Supply Chain to ensure all detail parts, hardware, and outside processing are quoted and received in time to support the GKN Aerospace Bid Process
- Create basis of estimate rationales for each estimate
- Utilize Site ERP system to identify recurring and nonrecurring cost impacts for changes in scope to existing work packages
- Generate compliant Business Models as part of the Bids & Proposals Business Line team and agreed with customer Business IPT’s in conjunction with IPT staff.
Required Qualifications
- 5 or more years of manufacturing environment work experience.
- U.S. Person per ITAR regulations to comply with export compliance and site SSA requirements.
- Knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes and the ability to understand technical drawings/models
- Ability to articulate costing standards and accounting methods to demonstrate value to a customer.
Preferred Qualifications
- GKN Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Engineering
- Experience in Aerospace and Defense engineering, estimating, proposal management, or related role.
- Understanding of RFP/RFI requests from customers and able to translate them into manageable work packages for team members.
- Experience writing Costing Volumes for US DoD proposals.
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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