Defense Estimating & Pricing Specialist

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This role is at Spirit Aero Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, at Spirit’s Defense Business Unit (“Spirit Defense”). Spirit Defense is an independent supplier to the defense and space marketplace. Through innovative engineering and rapid prototyping excellence, Spirit Defense provides the capabilities, technologies and support customers need to succeed in their missions.

Position Responsibilities:

• Support multiple high value proposals to the USG and USG Primes simultaneously, including TINA sweep activities and proposals going through negotiations
• Ensure compliance with DFAR and FAR in order to produce reliable and compliant basis of estimates to support future audits by reading and reviewing RFPs, collaborating with functional experts and authoring BOEs for proposals above TINA and subject to Certified Cost and Pricing Data, and completing checklists such as Proposal Adequacy and BOE Compliance Review
• Through the utilization of standard tools, the specialist develops cost estimates, proposals, and business decision data for product development and established programs, changes in company products or processes, and other management requests to enhance the revenue of existing contracts and the support for the pursuit of new business
• Uses historical data and engineering task and hardware descriptions and applies regression analysis or other estimating tools and methods to develop parametric estimates and “should cost” analyses and/or develop labor, material, and other non-labor cost estimates
• Manages the process to collect cost data from functional representatives, subcontractors, and vendors and applies appropriate cost estimating rates and factors to estimates
• Develops and maintains estimating tools, data and cost estimating relationships. Provides cost and/or price information and financial analysis to cross-functional teams, management, and customers
• Participates in fact-finding and negotiations with government and customers. Supports the proposal managers and independent cost estimates (ICE) to generate the “Price to Win” in the new business acquisition process
• Provides situational leadership to the Pricing and Estimating and cost analysts
• Provide a valuable in-house resource for cost / price analysis on behalf of Spirit Aero Systems’ Defense business
• Conduct cost / price analysis of major supplier proposals for the procurement of aerostructures components, materials, and hardware
• Advise on global supply chain negotiation strategies and support negotiations with Spirit Aero Systems supplier subcontracts
• Perform supplier fact-finding and accounting system rate & factor audits to validate supplier cost and pricing data.
• Support negotiations representing supply chain cost elements within Spirit Aero Systems

• Associate (Level
  2): 2+ years of related work experience with either a Bachelor’s Degree
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance and Special Program Access (for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship)
• Strong computer skills and a strong competency in Excel

• Mid-Level (Level
  3): 3 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Masters Degree in Accounting, Finance, or other related area of study
• Experience with Department of Defense (DoD), FAR, and/or CAS
• Experience with SAP and Pro Pricer