Estimating/costing Manager

4 days ago


Adelaide, Australia Detmold Group Full time

**About the opportunity**:
We have an opportunity for an experienced Estimating/Costing Manager to join our collaborative, friendly and high performing Product & Brand team in Brompton, South Australia.

Reporting to the Group Product Manager, you'll oversee the estimating function, leading a team of analysts, setting the team's priorities, and supporting the wider business.

You’ll ensure quotes for new business are processed accurately and efficiently by managing workflows and providing feedback to Group Product Manager on data quality and improvements and handle direct estimating for complex and overflow requirements.

In addition, you’ll collaborate with the LaunchPad design team to develop packaging concepts for internal and customer projects.

**In terms of specific responsibilities, you will**:

- Manage the end-to-end estimating process to improve service delivery and optimise efficiency.
- Provide quotes for simple to complex items and tenders.
- Offer estimating services and generating quotes for internal stakeholders (Sales and Wider business).
- Maintain estimating systems by uploading costings.
- Manage estimating system workflow to meet business quote lead times.
- Work collaboratively with the team to drive continuous improvement initiatives, including integration and synergies between systems.

**About you**:
To be successful in the role, you’ll have:

- Proven experience in successfully leading and managing teams
- Estimation and planning experience within a manufacturing environment.
- The ability to work independently with mínimal direction.
- Strong data entry and data management experience
- The ability to solve problems and navigate challenging situations.
- Resilience and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency with quoting systems and the MS Office suite, particularly Excel.

If you have an accounting background and would like to use your costing skills in a specific estimating/costing role within the packaging industry, this is the role for you.

**What we’ll offer you**:

- A commitment to your ongoing professional development.
- A commitment to corporate social responsibility - we support local communities and charities and are committed to sustainable and ethical sourcing.
- A comprehensive health and wellbeing program so you feel supported to be at your best.
- Access to an active social club.

**Please note, applicants must have Australian work rights.**

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

**About Us**:
The Detmold Group is a family-owned and operated global business, partnering with some of the world’s largest and most iconic food and retail brands to create world-class packaging for a better tomorrow.

Our business is focused on making a positive impact for our people, our partners and our planet whilst keeping our customers at the core of everything we do. Relentlessly looking for ways to improve quality, service, and efficiency, we are driven to improve the way the world experiences packaging.

Employee safety is our priority, and we want our people to be 100% SAFE and WELL.


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