Lead Estimator - Supply Chain
Glasgow
Permanent
Salary £60,
ARM has partnered with a large defence client who are looking for a Lead Estimator to join their team in Glasgow on a permanent basis.
As Lead Estimator you will be required to provide independent Commercial & Cost Estimating oversight, ensuring all costs and opportunities are collated, modelled and normalised as appropriate.
The Role:
* Working closely with supply chain to understand key cost drivers and develop cost modelling.
* Seek solutions that drive additional value.
* Work closely with all departments including engineering and manufacturing to ensure cost management and cost control are implemented.
* Ensure all costs and opportunities are collated, modelled and normalised.
* Driving end to end cost control along with embedding cost management framework.
* Able to influence across the supply chain in order to develop opportunities
Requirements:
* Good understanding of the use of analytical estimating techniques to challenge and review supply chain cost estimates.
* Understand ways of working in order to identify opportunities for improvement.
* Ability to create and understand and interpret complex cost models.
* Knowledge of procurement approaches and strategies.
* Familiar with and able to analyse differing types of supplier pricing returns and contracts.
* Commercially focussed background, for example Estimating, Quantity Surveying or Cost desirable but no essential.
This vacancy is being advertised by Advanced Resource Managers. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions.
Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.