Quotation Specialist
Rittal LLC, has built a strong tradition of innovation and takes pride in a progressive approach to engineering. We design and manufacture the world’s leading industrial and IT enclosures, racks, and accessories, including high-efficiency, high-density power management, and climate control systems for industrial, data center, outdoor and hybrid applications.
As a Quotation Specialist, you will complete critical fields within SAP, generate cost calculations, set prices, and offer alternate solutions where applicable.
Knowledge & Experience:
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to adapt to changing environments and timelines.
- Detail-oriented and capable of prioritizing multiple tasks
- Communicates professionally internally and externally.
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to organize priorities based on deadlines.
- SAP Knowledge
- Product knowledge
- Experience in Microsoft word, excel, & power point
Responsibilities:
- Using internet-based tool, review customer RFQ’s to gain an understanding of customer requirements.
- Apply product knowledge and knowledge of manufacturing capabilities to quote effective solutions for customer and Rittal.
- Coordinate with sales, engineering, and sourcing at time of quotation
- Coordinate with manufacturing to provide reduced lead times at time of quotation.
- Use discretion and judgement to ensure effective return on time/effort invested for cost and pricing calculations.
- Complete critical fields within SAP, generate cost calculations, set price using approved pricing guidelines and determine appropriate lead times.
- Support and maintenance of quote tools and SAP system configuration.
- Monitor customer applications and give feedback to Management on reoccurring configuration/part requests.
- Support special orders by providing clarification when necessary and support to develop alternatives when problems occur.
- Review order risks and provide alternate solutions where applicable.
- Participate in Training to gain advanced knowledge of products, selling skills, customer relationship skills, and others as needed.
- Participate in trade shows and onsite/offsite customer visits.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned or required
What we offer is an opportunity to be a part of a team that increases the optimization and efficiency of our Global Company. Our goal is to create a safe work environment where our customers can trust us to deliver quality products. We enjoy all the benefits of an international company quickly growing in the US.
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What We Do
Rittal North America LLC is the U.S. subsidiary of Rittal GmbH & Co. KG in Germany and was founded in Springfield, Ohio in 1982. Its parent company, Rittal, was started in Germany in 1961 and has grown to include offices in more than 70 countries and manufacturing facilities on 4 continents.
Rittal North America LLC's U.S. Headquarters, located in suburban Chicago, Illinois, is a state-of-the-art facility that serves as a customer training center, including expanded teaching resources, product testing facilities and a large-scale product showroom where customers can have a hands-on experience with the entire Rittal System. Rittal North America LLC's manufacturing center of excellence facility in Urbana, Ohio, consists of more than a half-million square feet of space to ensure that customers' production and stocking requirements are fully met. Lastly, Rittal North America LLC's distribution centers in Georgia, Texas and Nevada enable Rittal to meet the needs of its customers quickly and reliably.
Situated on a 105-acre campus, Rittal North America LLC's manufacturing facility is filled with state-of-the-art equipment and processes, and contains in-house engineering and modification services, as well as the longest non-automotive paint line in North America, stretching more than 3 miles within the confines of the factory. The on-site warehouse is outfitted with an 8-story Automated Storage & Retrieval System.
Rittal manufactures the world's leading industrial and IT enclosures, racks and accessories, including high efficiency, high density climate control and power management systems for industrial, data center, outdoor and hybrid applications. Rittal's off-the-shelf standard, modified standard and custom-engineered products are known throughout the world as high quality, affordable solutions for practically any industrial or IT infrastructure application - from single enclosures to comprehensive systems.
Rittal is ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified.
