Senior Specialist - Quotations

CSS; Jersey Village (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CSS is seeking a Senior Specialist – Quotations to develop proposals, bids, and quotations in response to client requests. You will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and product teams to ensure complete, accurate, and timely content.

You may lead responses to complex or high-value inquiries, identifying opportunities within current customers while coordinating with internal stakeholders to finalize quotations and submittals.

Qualifications

• High School Degree or Equivalent required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• 5+ years of related experience is required.
• Experience pulling together full bid packages.
• Broad knowledge of product lines and pricing strategies.
• Experience interacting and negotiating with customers and supplier representatives to obtain pricing information and cooperation.
• Ability to read and interpret specifications and blueprints.
• Strong math and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and organization skills.
• Strong computer skills.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and qualifies potential projects for bid and compiles material requirements.
• Interacts with consultants representing customers to obtain bidding approvals.
• Negotiates pricing with suppliers and discusses bill of materials.
• Supervises negotiations with suppliers and customers.
• Provides data for quotations and takes-offs for proposals.
• Coordinates information for final quotation submittal.
• Communicates with customers to resolve bidding issues.
• Follows up on open quotations with sales and customers.
• Coordinates with account reps to ensure quotes and orders are complete.
• May identify sales opportunities within current customer base.

Skills

Proposal development

Negotiation

Bid preparation

Customer & supplier interaction

Data interpretation

Mathematical analysis

Communication

Organization

Computer skills

Travel readiness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Job description

As a Senior Specialist – Quotations, you will develop proposals, bids, quotations, or other documents describing organizational products and services in response to requests from prospective clients. You will collaborate with members of the Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, or product teams to ensure content is complete, accurate, and timely. You may be responsible for developing responses to the most complex or high-value inquiries.

Responsibilities:

• Identifies and qualifies potential projects for bid and compiles list of material requirements including, supplies, lighting, switchgear, and other distribution apparatuses.
• Interacts with consultants representing customers to obtain approvals for bidding.
• Communicates with suppliers to discuss material specifications, clarifies and confirms bill of materials, negotiates pricing and identifies alternatives for special or custom orders.
• Supervises negotiations with both suppliers and customers.
• Provides material including, data-com, switchgear and apparatus, and lighting, take-offs for preparing customer quotations.
• Coordinates receipt of required information for preparation of final quotation submittal.
• Communicates with customers to resolve problems with projects during bidding process.
• Follows-up on open and outstanding quotations with salespersons and customers to determine status.
• Communicates with account representatives, account executives, and inside sales reps to ensure quotes and resulting orders are complete.
• May identify sales opportunities within current customer base.

Qualifications:

• High School Degree or Equivalent required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• 5+ years of related experience is required
• Previous experience pulling together full bid packages
• Broad knowledge of product lines and pricing strategies
• Experience interacting and negotiating with customers and supplier representatives to obtain pricing information and cooperation
• Ability to read and interpret specifications and blueprints
• Strong math and analytical skills
• Strong communication and organization skills
• Strong computer skills
• Ability to travel up to 25%