Print Estimator

A multi-faceted print company that has experienced many years of continuous success has an opening for an estimator. This is an unmissable opportunity to join a company with an extremely strong balance sheet.
They are looking for a strong candidate with print knowledge, ideally in litho and digital.

Job role includes:
• Liaising with Sales team on client specifications
• Calculating prices
• Liaising with suppliers – in person, via phone and/or email
• Managing suppliers and negotiating the best rates
• Processing purchase orders
• Liaising with the studio to sort proofs
• Managing workflow
• Liaising with Production on supply/delivery dates

Person Specification:
• The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a buying role
• Estimating experience
• Excellent maths and communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills and commercial awareness
• Computer literate
• IMPRINT / manufacturing software experience would be favourable
• Able to manage your workload/priorities
• Excellent attention to detail

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This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson – greg@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Print recruitment–Neil Pearson – neil@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head Paper recruitment – Gary Young – gary@harrison-scott.co.uk

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

George Thompson – george@harrison-scott.co.uk

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.