Cost Estimating Manager (600511)
Boyd Corporation

With over 90 years of customer-focused performance, Boyd Corporation has evolved as a market leader in engineered rubber, plastic, metal, flexible environmental sealing & energy management solutions. Boyd is a unique supplier, valuing our people as our most important resource. With our best-in-class technical sales associates, sales support service teams & field application, quality, & manufacturing engineers, Boyd offers total global solutions to enhance the performance & manufacturability of your products. Our cost-effective, tight-tolerance, global manufacturing capabilities ensure superior total landed cost as well as reliability throughout the product life cycle.

ROLE SUMMARY

The cost-estimating manager ensures cost-estimating processes are in place. This includes working closely with others in the business to provide cost estimates by market and/or product type. This individual is responsible to drive the appropriate cost management tool by product or market as well as appropriate cost management system.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contributes to the creation and implementation of best practices for cost estimating processes and procedures to increase velocity and win rates.
• Ensures the organization has a robust cost estimating.
• Support continuous improvement through cost engineering techniques and processes, identifying inefficiencies and cost optimization opportunities.
• Analyze and identify key areas of improvement and apply cost estimation techniques to drive cost reductions and aid operational processes and efficiency.
• Monitor and review data and information to detect and assess problems and make recommendations to resolve issues.
• Utilize cost methodologies and tools and appropriate software models and packages to prepare and maintain reliable and accurate data.
• Ensure professional and consistent cost engineering management processes are applied in the business.
• Ensure appropriate monitoring, reporting systems and procedures are in place to meet objectives.
• Provide strategic and operational information and reports to share with others as and when required.