CNC Estimator & Account Manager
Lead with precision. Grow with purpose.
- Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Salary: Tell us what you are looking for and if you are the right person for us, we will make it work!
- Type: Full-time | Permanent
CNC Estimator & Account Manager
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Are you a strong team player with excellent attention to detail?
Do you thrive on building strong working relationships to ensure everyone wins? Are you a Machinist looking for the next right step in your career?
We are a growing and values-driven precision machining business in Portsmouth. This is an opportunity with real long-term potential. Penta is seeking a CNC Estimator & Account Manager to be an integral part of our progressive Sales & Marketing Team.
Mission - CNC Estimator & Account Manager
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What you will be doing:
As a CNC Estimator & Account Manager at Penta, you will be responsible for the following:
- Managing 50% of the company's order book, with a clear emphasis on cultivating partnerships with A- and B-class customers.
- Enhancing the quality of revenue by improving the hourly rate achieved and optimising the mix of repeat production orders
- Managing risk to secure sustained and profitable growth for the benefit of the entire Penta team
Outcomes:
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Account manage and develop A- and B- class customers, close orders and win the best mix of work to maximise flow and throughput.
- Telephone A- and B- class customers to develop strong partnerships and to gain a commercial advantage.
- Manage order funnel to win 80% of orders from A- and B- class customers and deliver a consistent green scorecard.
- Strive to improve hourly rate and the best mix of work. n Minimise risk through the company to protect margins.
- Focus on quotes and components that fit our machining ‘envelope’ in repeat batch quantities or high value low quantities.
Communicate and collaborate with both the Estimation & Account Management team and whole company to ensure the best results for all at Penta.
- Consistently achieve personal KPI’s.
- Without question help team mates to hit companywide goals
- Engage in daily and weekly departmental meetings for the greater good of the company.
- Complete other duties to help cover sick, holidays and to get things done for the whole team result.
Why Join Penta?
We're a progressive, people focused subcontract precision machining business with big plans.
You'll join at an exciting stage as we grow our team, expand our capabilities, and continue our journey to become "the engineering company where everyone wants to work and who everyone wants to buy from."
Prepare accurate detailed quotes
- Quality is built in at the start. Note concessions, special detail and intricacies to be managed whilst meeting ISO9001:2015 requirements.
- Build in accurate design, material, tooling and subcontract costs, routings, program, set, inspection, run times and lead times.
- Expedite quotes in a timely manner to gain commercial advantage whilst maintain good “housekeeping”.
- Establish and quote the best commercial and with lead times to the benefit of both the customer and Penta team.
- Manage quote throughput to deliver green scorecard measures.
Machining Design Advice
- Reviewing customer drawings and models.
- Discussing models and drawings with customers to gain commercial advantage, offering machining design advice to help build trust.
- Creating/altering drawings and models to reflect discussions.
- Bottoming out issues with customer models to aid production.
Continuously improve how the department operates to aid growth and strengthen margins.
- Challenge current ways of working to make improvements.
- Raise issues to be discussed at the weekly departmental meeting.
- Come prepared and contribute at all meetings.
- Work on self-development
- Create a network of great people you’d like to join the team.
About Penta Precision
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A business is its people. Healthy, smart, aligned team working is the key ingredient for Penta to thrive and deliver the best work life experience for its employees. Our “guiding lights” are the company’s Core Values, Penta’s business plan (V/TO) and Flywheel, together with the Lean principles of removing the 8 wastes and adding value.
Penta people need to be great technicians, communicators and collaborators. The company’s strength emanates from having disciplined people, engaged in disciplined debate and taking disciplined action in the best interests of the company and the whole team.
Penta people are flexible, have a can-do attitude, make work enjoyable for all, we take care in all that we do, and we strive for improvement in ourselves and the company.
What We Offer
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- Salary: Tell us what you are looking for and if you are the right person for us, we will make it work!
- A company profit & core values related bonus scheme.
- A forward-thinking, stimulating work environment with a great team around you to support your development.
- 34 days of pro-rata annual leave, encompassing statutory holidays, PLUS nobody works their birthday!
- Access to our company sickness scheme (subject to qualifying criteria).
- Participation in our company contributory pension scheme (subject to qualifying criteria).
- Death in service insurance.
Hours of Work:
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- Monday – Thursday: 7:30am to 5:00pm, with a 30-minute lunch break
- Friday: 7:30am to 12:30pm
CURRENT VACANCIES
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We currently have the following vacancies within our business:
However, if you have relevant industry experience in the following areas and would like to register your interest, then please get in contact using the contact details below.
- CNC milling - programming, setting and operating
- CNC turning - programming, setting and operating
- Quality inspecting
- Technical estimating
- Manufacturing machining design
- Technical account management
- Marketing
If you'd like to visit, have a coffee and get a better understanding of the journey we're undertaking and what we are looking to achieve for our people, then contact our HR department at