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The Materials & Quoting Specialist is responsible for managing and maintaining material data and market basket structures that support pricing, quoting, and order management activities. This role applies independent judgement to analyze product and material requirements, ensure data integrity, and support accurate pricing and quoting outcomes. Working cross-functionally with materials management, sales, and operations teams, the specialist executes material identification and creation processes, maintains product and pricing data, and resolves issues that impact quoting and order execution. This role identities opportunities to improve data quality, streamline workflows, and enhance the effectiveness of quoting and order management processes. 

Essential Functions

• Analyzes, develops, and maintains market basket structures that support pricing, quoting, and order management. 
• Evaluates market basket content to ensure alignment with current product offerings, pricing, methodologies, and business objectives.  
• Collaborates with sales, procurement, and supply chain, and operations teams to assess product changes, availability, and customer requirements, recommending updates to market basket configurations as needed.  
• Maintains and optimizes market basket data within ERP and pricing system to ensure consistency, accuracy, and operational effectiveness. 
• Conducts periodic reviews of material and basket data, identifies discrepancies, and implements corrective actions to improve data integrity and usability.
• Provides specialized product knowledge and technical guidance to internal and external stakeholders to support quoting, pricing, and customer solutions. 
• Serves as a resource for resolving complex material, product, and pricing issues that impact customer transactions and business operations. 
• Supports sales and business development efforts through the preparation of accurate quotations and product recommendations aligned with customer requirements. 
• Executes material identification and creation activities, ensuring accurate product data and compliance with established standards and processes.
• Maintains advanced knowledge of assigned product categories, market trends, and business processes to support informed decision-making and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identifies opportunities to streamline workflows, enhance data quality, and improve the effectiveness of quoting, pricing, and order management processes.

Non-essential Functions

• Executes material identification, creation, and maintenance activities, ensuring accurate material descriptions, attributes, and pricing references.
• Monitors material data integrity across systems and supports alignment between material master records and market basket structures.
• Prepares and processes customer quotations in accordance with established pricing methodologies, market basket configurations, and business guidelines.
• Participates in trade shows, training programs, vender visits, and other professional development activities as assigned.
• Provides recommendations and operational input to pricing and purchasing teams regarding product evaluations, inventory considerations, pricing trends, and related business activities.
• Applies knowledge of SAP processes and system functionality to support quoting, order entry, and order management activities. 
• Assists with special projects as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or designate.

• 4-year technical or engineering degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Knowledge and technical competence in understanding of utility Natural Gas distribution and transmission systems preferred. 
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Windows,
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint), internet, email, and SAP software preferred.

• Excellent customer service skills including being competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication and customer service skills preferred.
• Ability to effectively plan, organize, and present.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills. 

Frequency at which you would carry/lift in a typical day:
Occasionally 0 - 33% Frequently 34 - 66% Continuously: 67 - 100%

• Lift from Waist:
  • < than 10 lbs. - Occasionally
  • 10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally
  • 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally
  • 51 to 75 lbs. - Occasionally
  • 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
  • 100+ lbs. - Not at all
• Lift from Floor:
  • < than 10 lbs. - Occasionally
  • 10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally
  • 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally
  • 51 to 75 lbs. - Occasionally
  • 75 to 100 lbs. - Occasionally
  • 100+ lbs. - Not at all
• Carried for Distance:
  • < than 10 lbs. - Not at all
  • 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
  • 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
  • 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
  • 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
  • 100+ lbs. - Not at all

Frequency at which you would do the following in a typical day:

• Sitting (a continuous period of being seated) - Frequently
• Standing (for sustained periods of time) - Frequently
• Walking (moving about on foot to accomplish tasks) - Continuously
• Bending/stooping (downward and forward) - Not at all
• Crawling (moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet) - Not at all
• Climbing/Walking Stairs (ascending or descending) - Occasionally
• Reaching (extending arms in any direction) - Occasionally
• Crouching/squatting (bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine) - Occasionally
• Kneeling (bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee(s)) - Occasionally
• Balancing (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling) - Frequently
• Repetitive motion (substantial movement (motions) or the wrists, hands, and/or fingers) - Occasionally
• Pivoting (movement in any direction with one foot, keeping the other in contact with the floor) - Not at all
• Pushing/Pulling (using upper extremities to press against or draw or tug) - Occasionally
• Grasping (Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm) - Continuously
• Fingering (picking, pinching, typing; working with primarily fingers and not whole hand) - Continuously
• Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) - Continuously
• Driving (the control and operation of a motor vehicle) - Occasionally
• Desk work (work usually performed at a desk) - Continuously
• Use of a computer - Continuously
• Use of a telephone - Continuously
• Hearing (Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels) - Continuously
• Exposure (to adverse weather & temperature conditions) - Frequently
• Travel (travel needed to perform job duties) - Frequently

This job description is a summary of the job duties and responsibilities and is not intended to cover all possible job duties and is subject to change at the employer's discretion. Employees must be able to perform the essential job duties and satisfy job requirements either with or without a reasonable accommodation. The pay range for this position is $29.80 per hour to $42.72 per hour, depending on experience.