What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Estimator & Sales Planning Specialist position at Winchester Interconnect?
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Winchester Interconnect is committed to inspiring the most innovative teams. We foster a dynamic, inclusive environment that thrives on collaboration and continuous growth. We hire exceptional people, celebrate wins, empower employee growth, and provide opportunities to thrive. Winchester is where potential transforms into purpose, and every team member plays a vital role in shaping our shared success.
Position Summary
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.
Qualifications & Requirements
Are You Our Next ACE?
Quote Turnaround & Precision Consistently hitting internal timelines while maintaining minimal variance (<3%) between estimated cost and post-production actual cost.Pre-Production Lead Time Reduction Time elapsed from "Job Won" to "Materials Committed & Ordered" for operations handoff. Resource Constraint Mitigation Zero line-stoppages caused by un-flagged material shortages or unrecognized capacity constraints in QC/ Machine Shop. Supply Chain Integration Index Percentage of high-value quotes backed by locked contracts or vetted multi-tiered vendor options.
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. In addition to federal law requirements, Winchester Interconnect complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
Winchester Interconnect expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
Winchester Interconnect is committed to inspiring the most innovative teams. We foster a dynamic, inclusive environment that thrives on collaboration and continuous growth. We hire exceptional people, celebrate wins, empower employee growth, and provide opportunities to thrive. Winchester is where potential transforms into purpose, and every team member plays a vital role in shaping our shared success.
Position Summary
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.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Experience: 4 years of cross-functional experience covering technical estimation, material planning, or sales-operations coordination within an industrial manufacturing setting.
- ERP/MRP Fluency: Deep hands-on experience navigating complex manufacturing architectures (e.g., Infor Visual, Epicor, SAP) with a focus on routings, BOMs, and inventory modules.
- Technical Blueprint Literacy: Advanced competency reading geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), complex technical drawings, and CAD structures.
- Operational Insight: Solid fundamental understanding of machine shop, fabrication, assembly, and strict Quality Control processes.
Are You Our Next ACE?
- Upfront Costing & Technical Estimation
- 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.
- Material Management & Pre-Job Planning
- 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.
- Capacity Planning & Cross-Functional Alignment
- 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.
- Strategic Supply Chain Synergy
- 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
Quote Turnaround & Precision Consistently hitting internal timelines while maintaining minimal variance (<3%) between estimated cost and post-production actual cost.
- Google Enterprise
- Infor Visual
- & ADP
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. In addition to federal law requirements, Winchester Interconnect complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
Winchester Interconnect expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
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