About Company:
Our client operates fourteen manufacturing facilities producing power plant equipment and sugar-related products. Its Power Transmission Business, established in Mysore in 1976, specializes in high-speed high-power gearboxes having an installation base of 12000+ gearboxes, spanning over 80+ countries and catering to diverse applications & industry segments.
An Ideal Candidate:
The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 15 years of experience in the capital goods industry, with proven expertise in costing and proposal preparation for Engineered-to-Order (ETO) products, particularly in rotary equipment such as gears, pumps, compressors, generators, couplings, and turbines. The candidate should have a strong track record of handling and submitting both private and government tenders, along with experience in supporting senior team members in high-value and strategic tenders. A bachelor’s degree (BE/B.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering is desirable.
Key Competencies:
• Analyze enquiries with clear demarcation of scope and decide on in-house versus subcontracting based on manufacturing capabilities.
• Interact with customers to understand requirements with complete clarity. • Articulate customer requirements to obtain accurate inputs from various stakeholders.
• Manage cost inputs efficiently to reduce delivery times for proposals.
• Monitor domestic and international cost factors, including currency fluctuations, to revalidate costing and inform the marketing team.
• Prepare price reasonability and justifications using applicable factors to convince customers.
• Conduct data mining to identify factors impacting costing.
• Coordinate with multiple departments to create tailor-made proposals aligned with customer requirements.
• Lead technical discussions with customers to address issues and perform pre-dimensioning at sites for coordination.
• Manage costing and proposals for easy traceability.
• Develop standardized templates for proposals to ensure consistency and efficiency.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align cost estimates with budgetary constraints.
• Prepare risk assessments for complex proposals to mitigate potential challenges.
• Maintain a knowledge base of cost estimation best practices for team reference.
• Support the development of automated costing tools to streamline processes.