Customer Quote Specialist

Celestica International LP•Maple Grove, MN

1d•$75,000 - $95,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Customer Quote Specialist performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following: Provides costing and pricing support for products that are new to a site or geography including transfers, for candidate and/or existing customers. Key elements of the role include quote generation, which includes evaluation of inputs from related functions, generation of P&Ls and obtaining full sign-offs; mergers, acquisition and integration financial support; and project / process improvement (procedures, systems, tools, strategy, etc) support. Internal cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Finance, and Program Managers to gather information for quote preparation. The Customer Quote Specialist is also expected to consult with/support the Site Finance Analysts, to provide training to junior analysts, to support Global Pricing on costing and pricing activities and initiatives, and to lead and/or facilitate bid and/or business process re-engineering.

Requirements

Basic understanding of internal and external customer needs is required to make effective/informed decisions.
Strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
Ability to consolidate, manipulate and analyze large quantities of data within Excel.
Creates basic Excel spreadsheets (macros is an asset).
Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
Ability to bridge between actual, plan and forecast, analyzing mix impacts and summarizing in management reports.
Provide recommendations based on interpretation of results.
Ability to design/create queries and understands what creates the output.
Ability to design custom queries in job-related software.
Three to six years of relevant experience.
Bachelor's degree, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

Macros is an asset.

Responsibilities

Provides costing and pricing support for products that are new to a site or geography including transfers, for candidate and/or existing customers.
Quote generation, which includes evaluation of inputs from related functions, generation of P&Ls and obtaining full sign-offs.
Mergers, acquisition and integration financial support.
Project / process improvement (procedures, systems, tools, strategy, etc) support.
Internal cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Finance, and Program Managers to gather information for quote preparation.
Consult with/support the Site Finance Analysts.
Provide training to junior analysts.
Support Global Pricing on costing and pricing activities and initiatives.
Lead and/or facilitate bid and/or business process re-engineering.