Key Responsibilities

1. RFQ & Drawing Analysis

- Review customer RFQs, engineering drawings, 3D models, BOMs and technical specifications.
- Understand GD&T;, dimensional tolerances, surface finish, material specifications and inspection requirements.
- Identify critical-to-quality and critical-to-manufacture features.
- Clarify technical requirements with customers and internal engineering teams.
- Identify missing information, assumptions and commercial/technical risks before quotation.

2. Manufacturing Cost Estimation Prepare detailed cost estimates covering:

- Raw material and material wastage
- CNC turning, milling and 3/4/5-axis machining
- Grinding, lapping and polishing
- EDM and other precision processes
- Machine setup and programming
- Cycle-time estimation
- Cutting tools and consumables
- Fixtures, tooling and gauges
- Special processes and subcontracting
- Cleaning and contamination-control requirements
- Inspection and metrology
- Packaging and transportation
- Rejection/scrap and process-risk allowances
- Manufacturing overheads

3. Process & Cycle-Time Estimation

- Develop/validate manufacturing process routes for components.
- Estimate setup time, machining time, inspection time and overall manufacturing lead time.
- Work with production and process engineering teams to validate cycle-time assumptions.
- Benchmark estimated cycle times against historical production data.
- Identify opportunities for process optimization and cost reduction.

4. Material Costing

- Analyse material specifications and required material grades.
- Obtain and validate current material prices.
- Calculate net weight, gross weight, buy-to-fly ratio and material utilization.
- Consider material certificates,



traceability and customer-specific material requirements.
- Maintain historical material cost databases.

5. Tooling & NRE Costing

- Estimate tooling, fixtures, gauges and programming costs.
- Prepare NRE/tooling cost for recent products and development projects.
- Evaluate tooling amortization based on expected volumes.
- Coordinate with tooling/process engineering teams for technically feasible solutions.

6. Special Process & Inspection Costing

Estimate costs associated with

- Heat treatment
- Anodizing, plating and coating
- Passivation
- Shot blasting/peening
- NDT
- Surface finishing
- Vacuum/precision cleaning
- CMM inspection
- Special testing and validation
- Third-party inspection/certification

7. Pricing & Commercial Analysis

- Convert detailed manufacturing cost into a customer quotation.
- Apply appropriate overhead, contingency and profit margins.
- Prepare should-cost and target-cost analysis.
- Conduct cost benchmarking against previous projects and market conditions.
- Analyse customer target prices and identify cost gaps.
- Support price negotiations with detailed cost justification.
- Evaluate the impact of volume, batch size and annual demand on piece price.

8. Quotation Management

- Manage RFQs from receipt through quotation submission.
- Ensure quotations are accurate,



competitive and submitted within agreed timelines.
- Maintain quotation history and costing databases.
- Track quotation revisions and ensure proper version control.
- Record assumptions, exclusions, validity, lead time, MOQ and commercial conditions.

9. Cost Reduction & Value Engineering

- Identify cost-reduction opportunities through:

- Process optimization

- Material optimization
- Cycle-time reduction

- Tooling optimization
- Batch-size optimization
- Make-vs-buy analysis

- Alternate manufacturing processes

- Supplier/subcontractor benchmarking
- Participate in VA/VE and DFM/DFA activities.
- Support engineering teams in developing cost-effective manufacturing solutions.

10. Cross-Functional Coordination

Work closely with

- Design Engineering
- Manufacturing/Production
- Process Engineering
- Procurement
- Quality
- Planning
- Finance
- Sales/Business Development

to ensure costing assumptions accurately reflect actual manufacturing capability. Industry & Technical Knowledge The candidate should have good knowledge of:

- CNC machining and precision manufacturing
- 5-axis machining
- Aerospace components
- Semiconductor equipment components
- High-mix, low-volume manufacturing
- Tight-tolerance components
- GD&T; and engineering drawings
- Precision inspection and metrology
- Aluminium, stainless steel, titanium, Inconel and other aerospace/semiconductor materials
- Special processes and surface treatments
- Precision CNC machining
- Aerospace components
- Semiconductor equipment/components
- Defence manufacturing
- Tool rooms
- High-precision engineering
- Contract manufacturing

📌 Techno Commercial Manager Costing & Estimation (Bengaluru)
🏢 Innomech Aerospace Toolings
📍 Bengaluru