Manufacturing Estimator & Buyer

Turn customer opportunities into profitable, production-ready work. At Parts Tool & Die, a strong quote is more than a price - it is the first step toward building precision components that keep aircraft flying, critical systems operating, and customers moving forward.

We are seeking an Estimating and Procurement Specialist who can bring clarity, urgency, and commercial judgment to the path from RFQ through purchasing execution. You will connect customer requirements, internal manufacturing knowledge, supplier capability, and cost data to develop accurate, competitive quotes, then make sure awarded work has the material, tooling, consumables, and outside services needed to succeed. If you enjoy solving complex problems, negotiating intelligently, and owning details that directly influence growth, margin, and delivery, your impact will be visible every day.

• Direct business impact.
• End-to-end ownership.
• Cross-functional visibility.
• A balance of analysis and action.

Your responsibility is to create structure, accuracy, and accountability across estimating, sourcing, purchasing, and supplier follow-up. The work includes the following:

• Review incoming RFQs and determine whether each opportunity is new work, repeat work, or a revised requirement.
• For repeat work, research prior quote history, previous pricing, last quoted date, recent run history, cycle time, material usage, outside service requirements, tooling needs, and other relevant lessons learned.
• For new work, review drawings, specifications, customer requirements, quantities, material needs, outside processing, tooling, quality requirements, and other cost or execution inputs.
• Identify missing, unclear, or conflicting information early and coordinate with the appropriate internal team to resolve it before the quote advances.
• Partner with Engineering, Production, Quality, Customer Service, Management, and Corporate to establish complete assumptions and the best overall quoting approach.
• Populate quote worksheets with accurate, traceable, and strategically sourced information, including current supplier pricing and documented assumptions.
• Prepare complete quote packages for final pricing review and approval by the General Manager and/or Corporate.
• Maintain quote schedules, quote logs, ERP entries, supporting files, and customer feedback so the status of every opportunity is current and easy to understand.
• Send approved quotes to customers when directed and update records for awarded work, lost work, revisions, follow-up needs, or no-bid decisions.

• Obtain competitive quotations for raw material, outside services, tooling, consumables, gages, fixtures, jaws, and other production requirements.
• Evaluate supplier pricing, lead time, availability, quality requirements, delivery reliability, capacity, risk, and overall fit for the job - not simply the lowest initial price.
• Negotiate pricing, delivery commitments, purchasing terms, and other commercial conditions where appropriate.
• Recommend the procurement approach that provides the best total value based on cost, timing, quality, production needs, and risk.
• Place purchase orders for awarded work and approved production needs, ensuring quantities, specifications, delivery requirements, and documentation are correct.
• Follow orders through delivery so raw material, tooling, consumables, and outside services arrive when needed to support the production plan.
• Maintain accurate supplier quotes, purchase orders, acknowledgments, purchasing records, and job documentation.
• Process RMAs and resolve issues involving raw material, consumables, tooling, and outside services in coordination with Quality and other stakeholders.
• Support the shop floor by obtaining and ordering replacement tooling, consumable tooling, gages, fixtures, jaws, and other approved needs.

• Place orders for outside processing and maintain clear documentation of requirements, due dates, and supplier commitments.
• Track outside service status, maintain required tracking spreadsheets, and provide timely updates for daily reporting.
• Communicate delays, quality concerns, capacity constraints, or lead-time risks before they threaten customer or production commitments.
• Process outside service RMAs and coordinate corrective follow-up when required.

• Keep estimating and purchasing activity moving by coordinating proactively with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Communicate quote, purchase order, supplier, and delivery status clearly - before others have to ask for an update.
• Escalate missing information, unusual cost changes, supplier delays, quality concerns, and lead-time risks at the appropriate time and with recommended next steps.
• Provide Management and Quality with required daily updates on entered or changed orders.
• Support customer shipping documentation, including advance shipping notices…