Estimator

Great Northern•Chippewa Falls, WI

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Great Northern is a privately held, independent producer of corrugated packaging with over five decades of experience providing integrated, comprehensive packaging solutions for industrial, commercial, and retail markets. The company operates under core values of integrity, personal growth, entrepreneurial spirit, and a shared future. Their vision is to help employees win through personal growth and a shared future, fostering a people-centric culture and developing leaders from within. Their mission is to help customers win by doing what others can't or won't, through exceptional service, value-added partnerships, and innovative solutions.

Requirements

Effective use of the following computer programs: Imaginera Operating System, Intranet, Microsoft Word, SharePoint, and Microsoft Excel programs.

Responsibilities

Determines pricing for customers based on customer requirements, GNC capabilities, and vendor limitations and availability.
Creates estimates to include fulfillment for customer quotes and/or orders.
Updates any changes on existing estimates and/or quotes.
Works with sales, design, production, fulfillment and customer service to offer alternatives to problems in accordance with GNC-Chippewa Falls service, quality, and efficiency standards.
Determines correct pricing for customers by creating an estimate for each item quoted or ordered, while following specified pricing guidelines.
Researches and determines the style of the container, the machine routing and vendor pricing, by consulting with tech services, design department, production supervisors, fulfillment and vendors.
Determines accurate fulfillment estimates/quotes by understanding all steps for the assembly process, time and materials needed, and number of people; which may include time studies, if necessary.
Creates accurate estimates by entering the customer, board, miscellaneous components, machine routing, and miscellaneous account required information into the computer.
Solicits pricing from outside approved vendors for cutting dies, farm-out products and miscellaneous materials.
Receives and answers inquiries and questions from internal departments, vendors and account managers.
Calls, faxes, and/or mails corrugated pricing/quotes to account managers or customers.
Checks co-workers’ (including other estimators’) work and processes quotes.
Obtains miscellaneous component pricing, fulfillment cost and cutting die quotations from approved vendors.
Maintains/obtains knowledge of existing and new equipment (machine centers) in order to provide accurate updates to machine center specifications and routing.
Helps customer service and other departments with estimating questions or problems.
Remains current on changes in policies, procedures, and product information.
Attends authorized training programs.
Knows, understands, and follows all rules and office policies and procedures.
Promotes a positive environment, supporting the GNC teamwork concept.
Assists customer service manager with special projects as assigned.
Regular and reliable attendance.