Responsibilities
Job Description – Lead Estimator (HCI P&E;)
Role Summary
The Lead Estimator is responsible for leading complex estimation and proposal development activities while ensuring high-quality, compliant and competitive submissions. The role plays a critical position in enabling global HCI P&E; readiness on NPIs, UOP collaboration, and assigned cross-functional initiatives. This position contributes to standardization, governance and scalability of estimation practices across the global P&E; community.
Key Responsibilities
1. Proposal Issuing
- Carry out RFQ/tender review, scope definition, solution design, costing and end-to-end proposal preparation for standard and non-standard solutions.
- Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Engineering and other stakeholders to define optimal technical and commercial solutions.
- Lead proposal planning, including resource definition, deliverables and timelines.
- Coordinate internal governance processes (KOM, reviews, R&O;, approvals).
- Develop cost estimates using internal toolsets and ensure high quality, compliance,



and consistency of proposals.
- Guide and support estimators in preparation and delivery of proposals.
- Lead or support pricing strategy, approval documentation and stakeholder alignment.

2. New Product Introduction (NPI)
- Lead and drive HCI Proposal & Estimation readiness for Recent Product Introductions (NPI) across the global P&E; community.
- Ensure structured education, enablement, and knowledge transfer to the P&E; team on new products and estimation methodologies.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Pricing Leaders and P&E; Excellence teams to develop, standardize and deploy NPI P&E; tools (e.g. WBS, SOF, proposal templates, scope checklists).
- Own validation and testing of NPI estimation tools and templates to ensure accuracy, usability and alignment with business requirements.
- Prepare and deliver regular and ad-hoc reporting on NPI readiness, adoption and performance to global stakeholders.

3. UOP

📌 Lead Estimator (India)
🏢 Honeywell
📍 India