Quote/Pricing Analyst

Viking Enterprise Solutions (VES), a division of Sanmina has a rich history of leadership in providing storage and storage server platforms to hyperscale and enterprise data centers worldwide. The division leads the market with ultra-high capacity and high-end flash systems. Viking Enterprise Solutions provides advanced data center products including solid-state memory and disk-based storage server appliances, JBOD storage systems and related products for a variety of data center and storage applications. Viking Enterprise Solutions products are tailored for integration into OEM, System Integrator and data center products.

Viking Enterprise Solutions is proud to be part of the Sanmina family. Sanmina is recognized as a technology leader, providing end-to-end design, manufacturing and logistics solutions, maintaining a global footprint of design and manufacturing operations in 23 countries on six continents.

Job Purpose

Develops, analyzes, audits and evaluates product cost information within established guidelines. Interfaces with manufacturing engineering, design engineering, procurement, sales and marketing to prepare product cost estimation analysis for the purposes of price quotation, new product design, internal cost information requests and cost reductions/increases.

Nature of Duties/Responsibilities

• Works on new or expanded business opportunities
• Analyzes BOMs to gain a thorough understanding of the project
• Uses established criteria to determine which supplier to use
• Sends RFQs to established supply base to gather quotation information to present to customer
• Develops and maintains relationships with company vendors and contractors
• Manages bids from vendors and suppliers
• Resolves part number issues with suppliers and gathers other relevant information to complete quote
• Uses bid data to prepare detailed material estimates and cost estimates for the product
• Presents prepared estimates to management and other stakeholders
• Compiles and records actual costs
• Commercial issues between sales and customer are normally escalated to lead or manager

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
• Minimum 2 years of related experience in manufacturing parts estimation
• Experience and/or exposure working in an electro-mechanical, system integration or high-tech manufacturing
• Strong Excel skills to include math formulas and VLOOKUPs
• Experience with Excel created Bills of Materials and spreadsheets
• Experience qualifying drawing packages submitted for estimation
• Knowledge with prints of drawings and organization of quotation packages
• Prior experience reviewing all cost estimated packages for completeness & accuracy preferred
• Experience with Oracle a plus
• Able to work within deadlines and without direct supervision
• Organized with meticulous attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple projects at once. Ability to work with different disciplines.

Annual Salary Range: $55,000-$65,000

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Actual base pay within this range (determined at the offer stage) will be based on a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, and skills, and is just one element of our total rewards package. The total rewards package also includes a variety of benefits, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business and, depending on the role, may include eligibility for restricted stock unit awards and participation in a discretionary bonus program.