Technical Estimator & Sales Planning Specialist

Winchester Interconnect•Melbourne, FL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Technical Estimator & Sales Planning Specialist is a hybrid, high-impact role designed to act as the primary bridge between Sales, Supply Chain, and Plant Floor Operations. Beyond conducting accurate upfront engineering and cost estimations for New Product Introductions (NPI) and legacy re-orders, this individual actively owns the preproduction lifecycle. They are responsible for strategic material planning, identifying and mitigating capacity bottlenecks across internal Resource Centers, and driving proactive coordination with Supply Chain to lock in strategic vendor positioning before jobs are released to the floor. The ultimate goal of this role is to ensure that won contracts seamlessly transition into executable, high-margin manufacturing schedules. Winchester Hermetics is an extremely unique design and manufacturing company that works with cutting-edge technology for the most demanding high-cost-of-failure applications. We support the World's leading Tech companies in a variety of markets using our “GSD” attitude while still having FUN.

Requirements

4+ years of cross-functional experience covering technical estimation, material planning, or sales-operations coordination within an industrial manufacturing setting.
Deep hands-on experience navigating complex manufacturing architectures (e.g., Infor Visual, Epicor, SAP) with a focus on routings, BOMs, and inventory modules.
Advanced competency reading geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), complex technical drawings, and CAD structures.
Solid fundamental understanding of machine shop, fabrication, assembly, and strict Quality Control processes.

Responsibilities

Analyze technical drawings, CAD files, blueprints, and RFQs to formulate comprehensive, highly accurate material, labor, and overhead structures.
Lead the NPI costing flow, collaborating deeply with Manufacturing Engineering to map out precise step-by-step routings.
Maintain data integrity for "Legacy Order" pricing architectures, running indexing reviews to offset fluctuations in raw materials, plating, or global logistics.
Construct and manage all quote entries within the ERP system to guarantee flawless financial traceability.
Own the "pre-build" phase: audit Bills of Materials (BOMs) instantly upon quote conversion to pinpoint long-lead items.
Coordinate the pre-production handoff, packaging clean "Job Release Packets" that detail explicit material requirements and technical definitions for operations.
Directly flag and track long-lead materials to trigger early-stage procurement cycles, guaranteeing that the raw inventory lands perfectly aligned with scheduled launch dates.
Assess the forward-looking "on-deck" pipeline to provide clear visibility into upcoming floor demand, proactively protecting factory run times.
Identify and flag resource center constraints across key departments (e.g., CNC Machine Shop, Production/Assembly, Quality Control, and Shipping/Logistics) prior to job scheduling.
Translate complex estimating data and customer technical criteria into clear, action-oriented instructions that the shop floor layout teams can execute flawlessly.
Conduct routine "Post-Mortem" reviews comparing estimated costs versus actual job costing variances to adjust engineering baselines.
Partner with corporate Procurement to source specialized subcontractor quotes, optimize multi-vendor relationships, and negotiate favorable project-specific pricing.
Assist supply chain teams in analyzing bulk commodity usage to lock in long-term raw material contracts or strategic vendor agreements for recurring projects.
Maintain exact historical logs of vendor quotes and sub-tier capabilities within the ERP to support corporate compliance and audit-readiness