Tender & Costing Specialist

Time Personnel; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Time Personnel is seeking a detail‑oriented Costing & Quoting Clerk in the Western Cape. You will prepare costings, tenders and quotes from plans and supplier data, applying margins and review processes for accuracy.

You will manage product information across suppliers, verify data with colleagues and support front-end activities during quoting. Excel and Google Sheets proficiency is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Matric or equivalent qualification.
• Building or QS-related qualification is advantageous.
• Experience in costing, estimating, tendering or quoting, preferably in building components.
• Excellent attention to detail and high accuracy.
• Clear, professional English communication with customers, suppliers and team.
• Strong maths ability and ability to read plans and specs.
• Proficient with Excel and Google Sheets (lookups, formulas, pivot tables).
• Well organized with strong admin and computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate costings, tenders and quotations from plans, site measurements or supplied quantities.
• Apply GP and margin rules across product categories.
• Review every quote as a whole before it leaves the business.
• Own product information: naming, coding and maintaining products from multiple suppliers.
• Help move data into the new system and verify information from colleagues before use.
• Initially support front-end tasks: sales inbox, samples and customer communication during quoting.

Skills

Maths ability

Communication in English

Attention to detail

Admin and computer skills

Excel

Google Sheets

Reading plans

Education

Matric

Building or QS qualification advantageous

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

REQUIREMENTS

• Matric
• Building or QS-related qualification advantageous
• Costing, estimating, tendering or quoting experience, ideally in building, tiles, flooring or kitchens advantageous
• Exceptional attention to detail and a very high level of accuracy.
• Clear, professional verbal and written communication in English, with the confidence to communicate with customers, suppliers and the team
• Strong maths ability
• Confidence working from plans, drawings and specifications
• Strong Excel and Google Sheets skills (lookups, formulas, pivot tables)
• Well organized, with strong admin and computer skills

DUTIES

• Prepare accurate costings, tenders and quotations from plans, site measurements or supplied quantities, including take-offs and manufacturing quotes
• Apply GP and margin rules across product categories
• Review every quote as a whole before it leaves the business
• Own our product information: naming, coding and maintaining products from multiple suppliers, and helping move it into our new system
• Verify information from colleagues before it's used, and manage stock reservations
• Initially, also support the front end: sales inbox, samples and customer communication during quoting

Salary: R negotiable dependent on experience

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