Estimator Prototype Co-Ordination Manager - Loughborough, United Kingdom - Optima UK Inc Ltd

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    Description

    Estimator - Prototype Co-Ordination Manager

    Location: Loughborough

    Salary: up to £40k

    Job Type: Full Time / Permanent / Onsite

    The Role

    Due to internal promotion, my client is looking for a Prototype Co-Ordination Manager to join the team.

    Duties and responsibilities:

    • Reporting to Operations Director
    • Managing all front-end enquiries of prototyping and ensuring external and internal customers are serviced correctly.
    • Working with internal prototype team and external suppliers to deliver an efficient prototype service
    • Manage the lead-times and plan the prototype weekly schedule.
    • Ordering and ensuring materials are available for prototyping, to work effectively to their daily schedules set.
    • Liaising daily with design to ensure all the project details and drawings required to manufacture all required items are available
    • Communicating to all sales and project management teams, so lead-times and quality controls are always maintained

    The Candidate

    • This would suit someone with a purchasing/estimating/planning background
    • Must be able to understand technical drawings
    • Experience using MRP/ERP systems
    • Working knowledge of joinery, metal and plastic fabrication would be advantageous
    • Must have management experience.