
Principal Engineer I
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Accountable for upgrading the quality of quotes with
- Develop proposals strategy for global projects in alignment with the GPP sales leaders and valve OEM sales managers.
- Responsible for improvement of Quotation Quality, Hit Rate, create / maintain Win/Loss History for business strategy development.
- Responsible for continuous improvement in processes / tools of the proposals function.
- Responsible for development of technical skills of the proposal's engineers at all levels.
- Responsible for development and maintenance of training content / quotation guidelines.
- Creates capacity and skills assessments for the proposals engineers to be used as benchmark by the team leaders.
- Liaise with Actuation Technologies' quality teams at factories for compliance to project requirements
- Responsible for improving accuracy of proposals (compliance to specs, pricing, and scope) being sent to customers.
- Maintains the database of factory special offerings.
- Coaches the team on SMART responses to technical clarifications, represent Emerson as required on customer meetings.
- Responsible for clean order hand over to the execution team.
- Active contributor to the development of CPQ tool.
- Maintain functional contacts with other functional heads (Engineering/PMO) and proposals' team leaders, to make sure improvement plans are aligned and implemented seamless with current workload.
- Any other responsibilities as deemed necessary by the supervisor.
- Bachelor of Eng. or equivalent level in related field or industry
- 12-15 years' experience in Engineering / Proposals
- Excellent knowledge in Electrical, Pneumatic & Hydraulic Actuators
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities, work independently and in a team environment
- Microsoft office (Excel, Word, PPT, Power Bi)
- Should relate well with outside sales, peers.
- Experience with RFQ / Quote Tools and Sizing and Selection Tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills