Quotations Supervisor

Border States • Kansas City, KS

11d

About The Position

Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned, which means you’re empowered to make decisions, find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work. This position will be located in: Kansas City, MO or Hays, KS, or Manhattan, KS, or Topeka KS, or Joplin MO, or Springfield MO, or St. Joseph MO Application Deadline: December 18, 2025 or Posted Until Filled Please note that the position may be filled before or after the listed application deadline. Applications will only be accepted while the posting remains active. Job Summary Leads and supervises the Quotations department. Identifies and notifies Quotations staff of upcoming projects or jobs. Oversees the schedule of jobs being bid, accuracy of database on current projects, and assures required specifications are met for all jobs in progress. Supervises and may perform takeoff of bids. Oversees and may participate in the completion of the quotation process for each assigned project, market or location. Oversees or participates in obtaining orders and providing sales support for the outside sales force. Negotiates with vendors for best pricing and best delivery of products to customers and/or jobsites. Ensures staff is actively participating in coordinating, analyzing, and acting upon information and feedback of customer needs, pricing, products, competition, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with BSE’s sales and marketing staff to promote sales and to meet and exceed sales and gross profit objectives.
• Identifies and notifies Quotations staff of upcoming projects or jobs.
• Oversees the schedule of jobs being bid, accuracy of database on current projects, and assures required specifications are met for all jobs in progress.
• Supervises and may perform takeoff of bids that could include products such as motor control centers, motor drives, control components, fixtures, lighting, lamps, dimming systems, switchgear, duct systems, apparatus and specialty equipment.
• Oversees and may participate in the completion of the quotation process for each assigned project, market or location.
• Oversees or participates in obtaining orders and providing sales support for the outside sales force.
• Provides customers with timely follow-up on technical inquiries and requests.
• Oversees the close-out of completed job files.
• Negotiates with vendors for best pricing and best delivery of products to customers and/or jobsites.
• Provides consistent, responsive, quality service to our customers.
• Ensures staff is actively participating in coordinating, analyzing, and acting upon information and feedback of customer needs, pricing, products, competition, and procedures.
• Supervises and oversees the efforts of the Quotations staff to work with the Customer Financial Services to resolve customer-billing problems resulting from errors in the quotations process, pricing, shipping, deliver or other customer service/credit areas.
• Ensures the Quotations team is performing the appropriate SAP functions so the department runs as efficiently and accurately as possible.
• Close out projects for final billing to customers in a timely manner along with credits and over billing issues.
• Contacts vendors for pricing, as needed.
• Provides input and market intelligence, as required.
• May place orders and hold orders on secured projects, prepare submittal drawings, and release hold orders after submittal approval.
• May develop quotations and request bid/performance bonds for customers within company profit objectives and guidelines.
• Provides guidance in purchasing functions, product evaluations and code descriptions, inventory management, pricing development, and other related services, as needed.
• Attends sales meetings and training programs, as needed.
• Participates in sales meetings and trade shows, as needed.

Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
• Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity
• FSA & HSA
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Disability Benefits
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Personal Leave time and more!
• Border States provides bonuses to their employee-owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees