上海招聘

Reports to: Engineering Manager

BASIC FUNCTION:

Facilitates and leads all cost estimating and pricing analysis with customer work teams (CWT) including current and ongoing training for all new employees involved in the quoting function. Analyzes the rational of all price changes and monitors billing activity at all plants to ensure usage of current approved pricing. Ensures that pricing database is current and accurate.


SCOPE:

Supports and leads customer work teams, management and customers in cost estimating and pricing analysis.


ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Leads, directs, and trains all customer work teams in the formal quotation process, which includes, but not limited to collecting, reviewing, analyzing and recommending a final quoting price.

2. Accompanies the customer work teams to executive management quote review meetings to provide thorough, detailed and factual information to customer’s questions pertaining to the quote and its formulation.

3. Analyzes direct labor and overhead rates for all manufacturing plants compared to prior periods, reconciles significant changes and updates the quoting database accordingly.

4. Ensures the estimating database is accurate by using and auditing the customer purchase orders, reviews for discrepancies or inconsistencies, once obtained ensures the Dura pricing file is current for all new products shipped.

5. Is the custodian for all revision made to the various customer quote packages by ensuring all changes are made and entered into the system.

6. Reviews and consults with management past quoting strategy and competitor’s position, particularly in decisions involving non-traditional Dura products.

7. Updates and provides all cost estimating training to ensure that all new standards and processes are implemented and followed while remaining a consulting resource on more complex issues.


ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Completes and performs other duties/tasks as may be assigned.

2. For all current and future acquisitions, may coordinate the merger of estimating duties to Dura.


CONTACTS

Internal: Regularly, contacts typically occur to promote joint action, cooperation, and
Purpose: communication to achieve results between functions for broader and more complex operating or management problems, which involve controversy where practices, procedures, and/or methods do not provide precise direction as to desired outcomes.

External: Occasionally conducts significant sales, service and/or business contacts; gather data
Purpose: to approve or recommend approval of sales, service, purchase adjustments, that sometimes involve controversy where established methods or procedures require interpretation.


STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Experience: Five to seven years of related experience in estimating or cost analysis.
Additional education may be substituted for experience and vice versa.

Working
Knowledge: Assignments require a good working knowledge of procedures, operating methods and managerial practices or a combination of education and experience that develops technical skills to perform routine assignments with proficiency.

Dura is the largest and leading independent designer and
manufacturer of driver control systems, seating control systems,
safety hardware, structural body systems, exterior trim and
integrated glass systems, with global sales of USD1.5bn.

The company’s mission is to create innovative, high quality
products and solutions that help its customers attain their unique
goals in the marketplace. The company operates in 15 countries,
in 35 manufacturing operations and with 11,000 employees
globally.

With a presence on more than 300 models worldwide, the
company markets automotive products to every original
equipment manufacturer (OEM) in the America's, Asia and
Europe.

The company’s line of products include shifter systems, cable
systems, seating control systems, engineered assemblies,
structural and safety systems, modular glass systems and exterior
trim systems. The company’s operating divisions supply Aston
Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Brilliance, Chery, Chrysler, Daimler,
Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover,
Mahindra, NedCar, NUMMI, Porsche, PSA Peugeot Citroen,
Renault-Nissan, SAIC, Ssangyong, Suzuki, Tata, Toyota,
Volkswagen and many leading automotive suppliers.

 In Asia, Dura has established presence in China , Japan ,
Korea, and India. China alone has a business turnover of USD
60million, which accounts for 80% of the total business turnover
in Asia. Currently the company has one business office, one
WOFE and 2 Joint Venture plants in China. It will make further
announcements on new investments in China as it pursues an
active growth strategy in China.