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Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates, and invests. We provide value across the entire project lifecycle through our core construction management services and complementary business lines in real estate investment, design, self-perform construction, and technology start-up investment (Suffolk Technologies). By integrating data, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology through our Seamless Platform, we connect design, construction, and operations to deliver smarter, more predictable results and redefine how America builds.

Suffolk – America’s Contractor – is a national company with more than $8 billion in annual revenue, 3,000 employees, and 17 offices, including Boston (headquarters), New York City, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Herndon, U.S. Virgin Islands, and other key markets. Suffolk manages some of the most complex and transformative projects in the country, serving clients across healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, aviation, transportation, government, mission critical, and commercial sectors. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #8 on ENR’s list of “Top CM-at-Risk Contractors.” For more information, visit and follow Suffolk on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.

Role:

The Chief Estimator is responsible for managing the Mission Critical Estimating team, including identifying bid opportunities, managing the bid process, delivery of bids, staff development, making cost adjustments and assigning estimating personnel and resources.

This position can be located in Boston, MA, or Herndon, VA.

Responsibilities:

Department and Staff Management:

• Assign Estimating team members to projects. Balance and manage time of staff.
• Lead bid strategies.
• Create estimating templates and tools to increase overall effectiveness of the department.
• Create monthly estimating reports to track estimating success.
• Create and track the Mission Critical Estimating budget.
• Perform strategic and business planning for the department.
• Attend executive staff meetings.
• Develop talent on the Mission Critical Estimating team by coaching and providing feedback, and performing annual performance reviews. Create individual development plans for each staff member’s career growth.

Unit Cost Pricing:

• Prepare detailed take off of materials by clearly understanding the complexity of the scope(s) of work as shown on the construction documents.
• Prepare detailed labor estimates utilizing production hours, crews and equipment.
• Organize the material and labor information for pricing.
• Solicit material prices from suppliers.
• Obtain current labor rates.
• Prepare unit prices by "Building the Project in your Head."
• Verify and compare your unit prices or the price of a system with a subcontractor and previous similar estimates.
• Review all unit pricing on projects prepared by the Estimator. Make changes as required.
• Understand the influence of market conditions on pricing.
• Track all current market conditions.

Bid Activities:

• Review or compile GC's with the Senior Estimator and review with senior management.
• Assure on time delivery of bids and estimates, reviewing final plans and specifications with the Estimating team.
• Review of subcontractor selection and scopes and subcontractor/trade close outs on bid day.
• Review scope sheets and pricing with Estimating team members, ensuring that trade summary ties into bid form.
• Close out the subcontractor bid process.
• Review plans and specs with the lead Estimator.
• Assist the lead Estimator in directing additional staff assignments on bid day.
• Manage bid day activities by ensuring completion of bid forms, managing the clock and trying to develop a competitive advantage.
• Follow up with the client regarding bid results.
• Make Subcontractor, A/E fees, overhead, and fee recommendations to upper management.
• Identify pre-construction fees for Suffolk, where applicable

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture or related field
• 15+ years of experience estimating Mission Critical projects
• Quantity Surveys, Take off skills, Computer Skills
• Working knowledge of Excel spread sheets, and Word processing programs
• Ability to work with and manage a team
• Understanding of Construction Documents specific to Mission Critical projects
• Knowledge of the contents of each CSI section.
• Ability to read & interpret blue prints in order to understand the scope of work at SD, DD and CD phases of design.
• Ability to coordinate construction document plans, details and specifications.
• Ability to apply CD details to a conceptual set of documents to capture all cost impacts of the details.
• If called to the table or awarded the bid, review the estimate and discuss strategy with the team for any holes, value management, or potential profit pockets

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking.

Suffolk provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, gender identity, age or any other status protected by law. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Suffolk will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination toward, or harassment of, applicants or employees by anyone at Suffolk, or anyone working on behalf of Suffolk.

Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates, and invests. We provide value across the entire project lifecycle through our core construction management services and complementary business lines in real estate investment, design, self-perform construction, and technology start-up investment (Suffolk Technologies). By integrating data, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology through our Seamless Platform, we connect design, construction, and operations to deliver smarter, more predictable results and redefine how America builds.

Suffolk – America’s Contractor – is a national company with more than $8 billion in annual revenue, 3,000 employees, and 17 offices, including Boston (headquarters), New York City, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Herndon, U.S. Virgin Islands, and other key markets. Suffolk manages some of the most complex and transformative projects in the country, serving clients across healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, aviation, transportation, government, mission critical, and commercial sectors. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #8 on ENR’s list of “Top CM-at-Risk Contractors.” For more information, visit and follow Suffolk on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.

Role:

The Mission Critical Center of Excellence manages billions of dollars in projects annually, specializing in data center and mission-critical construction for leading technology and telecommunications clients across the United States. Focused on fast-paced, MEP-intensive projects, the group is recognized for delivering complex solutions while offering significant opportunities for career advancement within the thriving mission-critical construction industry.

The Director of Estimating is responsible for managing the Mission Critical Estimating team, including identifying bid opportunities, managing the bid process, delivery of bids, staff development, making cost adjustments and assigning estimating personnel and resources.

This position can be located in Boston, MA, or Herndon, VA.

Responsibilities:

Department and Staff Management:

• Assign Estimating team members to projects. Balance and manage time of staff.
• Lead bid strategies.
• Create estimating templates and tools to increase overall effectiveness of the department.
• Create monthly estimating reports to track estimating success.
• Create and track the Mission Critical Estimating budget.
• Perform strategic and business planning for the department.
• Attend executive staff meetings.
• Develop talent on the Mission Critical Estimating team by coaching and providing feedback, and performing annual performance reviews. Create individual development plans for each staff member’s career growth.

Unit Cost Pricing:

• Prepare detailed take off of materials by clearly understanding the complexity of the scope(s) of work as shown on the construction documents.
• Prepare detailed labor estimates utilizing production hours, crews and equipment.
• Organize the material and labor information for pricing.
• Solicit material prices from suppliers.
• Obtain current labor rates.
• Prepare unit prices by "Building the Project in your Head."
• Verify and compare your unit prices or the price of a system with a subcontractor and previous similar estimates.
• Review all unit pricing on projects prepared by the Estimator. Make changes as required.
• Understand the influence of market conditions on pricing.
• Track all current market conditions.

Bid Activities:

• Review or compile GC's with the Senior Estimator and review with senior management.
• Assure on time delivery of bids and estimates, reviewing final plans and specifications with the Estimating team.
• Review of subcontractor selection and scopes and subcontractor/trade close outs on bid day.
• Review scope sheets and pricing with Estimating team members, ensuring that trade summary ties into bid form.
• Close out the subcontractor bid process.
• Review plans and specs with the lead Estimator.
• Assist the lead Estimator in directing additional staff assignments on bid day.
• Manage bid day activities by ensuring completion of bid forms, managing the clock and trying to develop a competitive advantage.
• Follow up with the client regarding bid results.
• Make Subcontractor, A/E fees, overhead, and fee recommendations to upper management.
• Identify pre-construction fees for Suffolk, where applicable

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture or related field
• 15+ years of experience estimating Mission Critical projects
• Quantity Surveys, Take off skills, Computer Skills
• Working knowledge of Excel spread sheets, and Word processing programs
• Ability to work with and manage a team
• Understanding of Construction Documents specific to Mission Critical projects
• Knowledge of the contents of each CSI section.
• Ability to read & interpret blue prints in order to understand the scope of work at SD, DD and CD phases of design.
• Ability to coordinate construction document plans, details and specifications.
• Ability to apply CD details to a conceptual set of documents to capture all cost impacts of the details.
• If called to the table or awarded the bid, review the estimate and discuss strategy with the team for any holes, value management, or potential profit pockets

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking.

Suffolk provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, gender identity, age or any other status protected by law. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Suffolk will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination toward, or harassment of, applicants or employees by anyone at Suffolk, or anyone working on behalf of Suffolk.

About the Job

Job Title: Senior Estimator / Preconstruction Manager – Commercial Construction

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Company: Matukat Construction

Salary Range: $110,000–$150,000

Senior Estimator / Preconstruction Manager

Matukat Construction

Matukat Construction

Matukat Construction is a relationship-driven commercial general contractor known for delivering high-quality projects through strong leadership, collaboration, and accountability. Our success is built on trust—with our clients, design partners, trade partners, and internal teams—and on developing people who take pride in building great work the right way.

We are seeking a Senior Estimator / Preconstruction Manager to lead pricing strategy and preconstruction efforts for commercial construction projects. This role plays a critical leadership position within the organization, guiding projects from early conceptual budgeting through final GMP development while ensuring scope clarity, risk awareness, and strong subcontractor engagement.

Position Summary

The Senior Estimator / Preconstruction Manager owns all pricing strategy and preconstruction cost development at Matukat Construction. This role leads estimating efforts from early conceptual budgeting through final GMP execution, manages subcontractor engagement during bidding, and ensures scope clarity and financial risk awareness prior to construction.

The Senior Estimator works closely with the Project Executive, operations team, and design partners to guide projects through preconstruction while ensuring pricing accuracy, market competitiveness, and alignment with project objectives.

This position reports to the Project Executive and supervises Estimator(s) within the preconstruction team.

Key Responsibilities Preconstruction Leadership & Strategy

Lead all estimating and bidding efforts from conceptual budgeting through final GMP development.

Establish estimating strategy based on delivery method including CMAR, Design-Build, Negotiated, and Hard Bid projects. Review owner program and design documents to identify scope gaps, cost drivers, and construction risks early. Provide strategic cost input during design phases to support constructability and budget alignment.

Partner with the Project Executive to determine go/no-go decisions and bid strategy.

Supervise and mentor Estimator(s) while supporting their technical and professional development.

Estimating & Cost Development

Prepare or oversee conceptual estimates, schematic budgets, design development estimates, and final GMP proposals.

Ensure quantity takeoffs, unit pricing, and scope coverage are complete and accurate.

Develop and maintain historical cost data and market benchmarks for Matukat Construction projects.

Establish contingency strategy and risk allowances in collaboration with the Project Executive.

Review and approve all pricing prior to submission to ownership.

Subcontractor & Vendor Management

Develop and maintain strong relationships with subcontractors and suppliers throughout the Colorado market.

Create and manage bidder lists appropriate for project size, complexity, and market conditions.

Lead bid package development and ensure scopes are clear, complete, and aligned with project documents.

Oversee bid solicitation, follow-up, and bid coverage to ensure competitive participation.

Lead bid leveling, scope analysis, and value comparisons prior to award recommendations.

Risk Identification & Scope Control

Identify scope gaps, ambiguities, and design inconsistencies during document review.

Communicate design risks, market volatility, and cost exposure to the Project Executive.

Ensure exclusions, assumptions, and clarifications are clearly documented in proposals.

Support contract review to confirm scope alignment prior to execution.

Protect Matukat Construction from scope creep during pricing and buyout transitions.

Proposal & GMP Development

Lead assembly of comprehensive project proposals and GMP submissions.

Coordinate with internal stakeholders to confirm general conditions, fee structure, and schedule assumptions.

Participate in owner presentations and proposal reviews when required.

Ensure all pricing submissions are professional, complete, and aligned with Matukat Construction standards.

Transition to Operations

Conduct formal estimate handoff meetings with the Project Executive, Project Manager, and Superintendent.

Review scope assumptions, subcontractor inclusions, alternates, and risk items with the operations team.

Support buyout strategy and participate in subcontractor interviews when necessary.

Remain available to clarify estimate assumptions during early stages of project execution.

Team Leadership & Development

Manage and mentor Estimator(s) within the preconstruction team.

Establish internal estimating standards and documentation protocols.

Improve bid package templates, leveling sheets, and cost tracking tools.

Promote continuous improvement in pricing accuracy and market awareness.

What You’ll Bring

7–15 years of experience in commercial construction estimating or preconstruction leadership.

Proven experience leading conceptual budgeting, design-phase estimating, and GMP development.

Strong understanding of construction drawings, specifications, subcontractor scopes, and bid packaging.

Experience working with multiple delivery methods including CMAR, Design-Build, and negotiated work.

Strong knowledge of construction market conditions, subcontractor pricing, and cost trends.

Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Ability to lead preconstruction strategy while collaborating with operations, design teams, and ownership groups.

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field preferred, or equivalent industry experience.

What Success Looks Like

Accurate and competitive pricing that supports successful project awards.

Clear scope definition and risk identification during preconstruction.

Strong subcontractor participation and competitive bid coverage.

Successful transition from preconstruction to operations with clear scope alignment.

Why Join Matukat Construction

Matukat Construction is a team built on trust, collaboration, and accountability. We believe great projects start with strong people and strong leadership.

Collaborative Leadership Environment

Work closely with experienced executives, project managers, and field leaders.

Impactful Projects

Play a critical role in shaping projects before construction begins.

Growth Opportunities

Matukat Construction invests in its people and provides opportunities for long-term leadership development.

Benefits

Matukat Construction offers a competitive benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and long-term success of our team members.

Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays

Health insurance coverage options

401(k) retirement plan with company match

Benefit eligibility and details may vary by position.

Ready to Build With Us?

If you are a Senior Estimator or Preconstruction leader looking to play a strategic role in commercial construction, we encourage you to apply and join the team at Matukat Construction.

With a 40+ year commitment to delivering breakthrough customer experiences, seizing initiatives, achieving results, and continuous learning, our award-winning company, Park Square Homes, has an opportunity for a talented Senior Purchasing Agent to join our team. Known for our entrepreneurial spirit, we have a strong culture rooted in trust, integrity, open communication, and respect, and we make it a point to use good judgment, fairness, and common sense to meet our challenges. Attracting top talent who can thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, family-oriented, efficient, and team-focused environment contributes to our success.

Job Overview: The Senior Purchasing Agent supports the Tampa division by managing purchasing operations, vendor procurement, and cost analysis to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and alignment with company standards. Reporting to the Director of Purchasing, this role partners closely with Construction, Design Studio, Sales, and Permitting teams to support community setup, maintain pricing integrity, and drive cost-effective purchasing strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

Purchasing Operations & System Management

• Manage and maintain the purchasing system, including budgets, vendor purchase orders, and retail pricing to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Oversee purchasing module activities, ensuring data integrity across all communities and product lines.
• Maintain and update plan data, product specifications, and option configurations within the system.
• Ensure all pricing, scopes, and cost inputs are current and aligned with company standards.

Bidding, Procurement & Cost Analysis

• Procure, analyze, and level vendor bids to ensure competitive pricing and scope alignment.
• Lead and support the bidding process for new communities, products, and trade partners.
• Perform detailed takeoffs, cost analysis, and value engineering (VE) reviews.
• Monitor cost trends and identify opportunities for savings and process improvements.

Vendor Management & Trade Partner Coordination

• Assist in onboarding new vendors, including pricing setup, scope development, and system integration.
• Maintain strong relationships with trade partners to ensure performance, pricing consistency, and quality standards.
• Support ongoing vendor performance tracking and issue resolution.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as a key liaison between Purchasing, Construction, Design Studio, Sales, and Permitting within the Tampa market.
• Partner with Design Studio and Sales teams on option pricing, community specifications, and custom pricing requests.
• Collaborate with Construction teams to ensure scopes, pricing, and product specifications align with field execution.

Community Setup & Product Management

• Lead the setup and maintenance of new communities, including budgets, options, specifications, and design selections.
• Manage updates to plan lineups, ensuring all changes are reflected accurately in systems and documentation.
• Support the development and maintenance of standardized product offerings.

Financial Accuracy & Compliance

• Review and validate purchase orders, invoices, and vendor pricing for accuracy and completeness.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, purchasing procedures, and audit standards.
• Support variance analysis and reporting related to purchasing and construction costs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Business, or a related field required.
• 3+ years of experience in purchasing, estimating, or procurement within residential construction.
• Strong experience with bidding processes, vendor procurement, and cost analysis.
• Experience with takeoffs, plan analysis, and value engineering (VE) preferred.
• Familiarity with purchasing or estimating systems (e.g., JPS, BRIX, or similar) preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of Word and Outlook.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on cost control and operational efficiency.
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
• Ability to interpret construction plans, scopes of work, and specifications.
• Strong organizational and project management capabilities.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to identify process improvements.
• Professionalism and accountability in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods throughout the workday.
• Ability to use hands and arms for standard office functions, including computer use.
• Occasional lifting of office materials up to 20 pounds.
• Ability to navigate office and construction environments as needed.

Description

Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose.

At Lactalis in the USA, we're committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive-whether you're just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we're proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani Italian cheeses and ricotta, President specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone's cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond cheddar, and Parmalat milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi's, Stonyfield Organic, Brown Cow, Oui, Yoplait, Go-Gurt, :ratio, Green Mountain Creamery, and Mountain High, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun, Gopi, and Arz.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values-Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone's unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

From your PASSION to ours

Lactalis US Yogurt, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Revenue Growth Manager based in Bedford, NH.

The Revenue Growth Manager will apply analytics to better understand, predict, and shape the customer path-to-purchase. This will optimize everyday product pricing, as well as promotional frequency and depth at key customers, while driving profitable revenue growth. This role will lead the business unit in achieving the goal of optimizing trade and marginal contribution through the use of elasticity-based modeling tools: the PTA tool for the grocery and mass merchandising channels, and the elasticity tool for the natural channel. The Revenue Growth Manager will encourage stronger cross-functional collaboration, embrace dynamic scenario planning, and adopt more joint value approaches with retailers. This role reports to the Senior Director, Customer Strategy and Planning.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Lead the creation of overall market strategy, as well as customer specific everyday price and promotional strategy including the development of Average Margin Per Sale (AMPS) (merchandising and pricing) and net unit cost guidelines, as well as the overall management of Total LUSY and customer specific trade. Builds and shares practices with cross-functional teams including Customer Strategy and Planning, Field Sales, Marketing, Demand Planning, and Commercial Finance.
• Utilize elasticity-based modeling tools to identify optimal everyday pricing and promotional plans for our key brands, and pack groups for our top customers.
• Utilize consumption and category insight data to help the Customer Strategy and Planning, and Sales Teams execute these plans with our customers.
• Analyze external and internal promotional landscape on a monthly basis through monitoring retail promotion landscape across key accounts, promotional analysis across channels, and understanding key competitive pricing in order to inform and influence strategy.
• Conduct top customer event-level Return On Investment (ROI) analysis and effectively communicate insights and recommended action plans to the Senior Director, Customer Strategy and Planning, Field Sales, and Customer Team leadership.
• Consolidate and monitor compliance to everyday pricing promotional frequency and depth, trade spending, and net unit cost guidelines at account or budget holder level.
• Lead the business unit in optimizing price pack architecture to balance the need for affordability with profit and category expansion (e.g., satisfy emerging needs and occasions with smaller packs).
• Profitability assessment- optimization- and strategic assistance through lens of pricing and promotion on an ongoing basis.
• Work with Customer Strategy and Planning to facilitate and manage monthly Profit and Loss (P&L) meetings with the Field Sales Teams.
• Support the Sales Team and Customer Strategy and Planning in annual negotiations with top customers - providing recommendations that meet both customer and company needs.
• Partner with Sales Team Customer Strategy and Planning and influence them in optimizing the promotional calendar to meet broader business strategy objectives.

WORK CONDITIONS

• Travel may be required occasionally.
• Extended hours may be necessary depending on the business needs
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential duties and responsibilities.
• This position requires physical presence in the office, in accordance with the guidelines of the Hybrid Work Policy. The current policy requires 3 days per week in-office, and 2 days per week WFH.

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

• Bachelor's degree required; preference for majors in Business, Finance, or Analytics.
• 8+ years in CPG Revenue Growth Management, Trade Marketing or Field Sales Leadership experience is recommended.
• 5+ years of experience in managing a team is required.
• The following certifications are preferred for this role: Advanced Excel, Power Pt., and Power BI
• Understanding of Trade Promotion Optimization (TPO) or other modeling tools, consumption/POS data, Trade Promotion Management systems (TPM), and forecasting tools are recommended.
• Demonstrated knowledge of customers' needs, expectations and financial motivators to develop and deliver appropriate sales plans. Ability to develop breakthrough account plans and identify specific strategies to move from transactional supplier to strategic partner.
• Demonstrated knowledge of competitive brands, products, manufacturers and ability to build defense / offensive strategies for the short, medium and long-term.
• Ability to build the budget and to make regular forecasts in order to achieve the latter (volumes and/or profitability) and in case of gap, propose and implement corrective action plans and sales negotiation strategies.
• The structuring and management of the organization and supporting services to create, develop and maximize customer opportunity according to category and channel objectives.
• Ability to assess customer opportunities, analyzing competitor behavior and interpreting company/channel Strategy. Ability to generate and evaluate customer options while detailing the customer plan & bringing the customer into the Group.
• Analyze data and situations, to identify and analyze causes/effects and select only appropriate information use to make effective decisions.
• Ability to coordinate/manage/pilot a structured period of transition in order to achieve lasting change within an organization (change of models, methods, techniques, tools, organization, professional practices) minimizing resistance through involvement of key players and stakeholders.
• Ability to make the organization want to achieve or exceed targets. It implies willingness to expend energy to achieve a goal or a reward.
• Ability to transmit and receive information clearly and communicate effectively to others by considering their points of view in order to respond appropriately. It includes using tact and diplomacy in all communications as well as the ability to convey ideas and information (adjusting style, tone and level of details), both orally and in writing, in a way that all stakeholders/audience are engaged.

Requirements

At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. Further, any division of the Company that is an Affirmative Action Employer will comply with all related legal obligations.

About Us

American Exchange Group is an industry leader in fashion accessory products and brand management. By facilitating distribution to major retailers internationally for their globally recognized brands, custom private label brands, and exclusive licensed brands—including footwear, tech wearables, watches, jewelry, handbags, fashion accessories, home, and beauty—American Exchange Group raises the bar by disrupting the status quo with value and quality, while staying at the forefront of trends.

Joining American Exchange Group means being part of a dynamic and diverse team where your contributions drive real impact—and where there’s always room to grow. If you're looking to be part of a company that blends heritage with hustle, we’re excited to meet you.

Visit our website at Title: Business Analyst (Drop Ship Specialist)

**Candidates Must have experience with the Walmart portal

Location: Onsite 5 days a week at our NYC HQ

**Out of area candidates will not be considered

Summary: As a Business Analyst, you have experience managing and understanding 3rd party retail platforms (Walmart, etc.) and their respective portals. This role is responsible for retailer portal integrations/onboarding, product listing creation, management, and, in-season analysis, insights and execution, as well as ensuring that we maintain competitive pricing on the marketplaces while maintaining margin requirements.

To achieve success in this role, the individual must be a strong collaborator with the ability to build cross-functional partnerships across merchandising, product management, technology, supply chain, wholesale team, and the direct to consumer team.

Success will be measured in terms of impact on dropship sales, margin, productivity, and inventory health.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Optimize and grow the dropship program efficiently (product, demand, profitability).
• Data analysis to provide visibility and insight to make strategic decisions.
• Guide the development of insights & in-season Dropship strategy
• Help establish best practices for in-season dropship management to include data definition, insights, activities and ad hoc analyses
• Maintain price competitiveness & margin across products and platforms
• Shop competitors to identify trends, product opportunities, and understand market pricing
• Lead through preparation for product launches and partner implementations partnering with product and price team peers to identify needs and develop requirements to ensure business continuity.
• Create & maintain the roadmaps for Dropship, competitive intel, promotions and price changes
• Build strong, trusted relationships with merchandising leaders and utilize analysis to provide recommendations and shifts in business strategy

Qualifications:

Experience

• 2–5 years of experience in dropship, e-commerce marketplace management, or digital retail operations.
• Hands-on experience managing retailer marketplace portals, including required experience with the Walmart Supplier Center / Walmart Marketplace portal.
• Experience managing product listings, pricing updates, promotions, and inventory across retailer platforms.
• Proven experience supporting dropship or marketplace programs with large retail partners.
• Experience analyzing sales performance, pricing trends, and inventory data to drive business decisions.

Skills

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into actionable strategies.
• Advanced Excel skills with experience working with large data sets.
• Strong attention to detail when managing product listings, pricing updates, and retailer portal requirements.
• Ability to manage multiple retailer platforms and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally with merchandising, product, supply chain, and e-commerce teams.

Preferred

• Experience working with additional retail marketplace portals such as Target+, Amazon Vendor/Seller Central, Macy’s, Nordstrom, or Kohl’s.
• Experience with product information management (PIM) systems, ERP platforms, or e-commerce analytics tools.
• Background in consumer goods, apparel, or accessories industries.

What We Offer

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness Benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Half Day Fridays with shortened hours during both Summer and Winter seasons
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Tax-free commuter benefits
• Exclusive employee merchandise discounts

Salary: The anticipated base salary is $70k-$75k annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, internal equity, and location.

This position description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with this position. While this description is intended to accurately reflect the position's activities and requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties as necessary. The compensation package is dependent on a number of factors, including, for example, experience, education, market data, and business needs.

Regional Editor, Metals Recycling - The Americas

Location: Houston, US

Travel: Industry events and client engagement across the Americas

Compensation: Strong base salary + performance-linked bonus + comprehensive benefits

Lead the most commercially significant metals portfolio in the business.

This is a high-impact leadership role within a globally respected market intelligence organisation. You will shape regional strategy, lead a team of market experts and influence benchmark pricing across North America’s.

Why This Business

A globally respected organisation who delivers critical benchmark pricing and market intelligence across commodities markets worldwide. Its data underpins trading, risk management and commercial decision-making for major industry participants.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and develop a team of six price reporters, driving editorial quality and pricing integrity across the Americas
• Shape and execute regional strategy, aligning with global growth objectives and benchmark expansion plans
• Champion IOSCO-compliant pricing methodologies, ensuring accuracy, audit readiness and market trust
• Engage senior market participants, including C-suite stakeholders, to strengthen adoption and industry credibility

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum three years’ experience within a price reporting agency, with strong exposure to metals recycling markets
• Proven leadership capability, with experience coaching, developing and retaining high-performing editorial teams
• Deep understanding of benchmark pricing processes and market engagement strategy
• Confidence operating at senior stakeholder level internally and externally

Who This Suits

You’re an experienced pricing editor ready to step into broader regional ownership. You combine editorial authority with commercial awareness and are comfortable influencing senior industry leaders. You lead through clarity and standards, not volume, and take pride in developing others while strengthening market credibility.

You want strategic visibility, autonomy to shape regional coverage and the platform to influence globally recognised benchmarks.

Apply now for a confidential conversation with Walker Lovell.

Purchasing Analyst

Job Summary

The Purchasing Analyst is responsible for managing end‑to‑end procurement activities for products, components, and supplies. This role focuses on purchasing, supplier negotiations, and cost optimization while supporting supply chain efficiency and operational continuity. The analyst partners cross‑functionally to align purchasing strategies with business needs and plays a key role in driving cost savings, supplier performance, and inventory optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage vendor relationships, including evaluating bids and price changes, negotiating contracts and terms (pricing, MOQs, payment terms, lead times, and volume discounts), issuing purchase orders, and resolving discrepancies.
• Analyze spend data, purchasing history, market trends, and supplier pricing to identify cost‑saving opportunities, supply risks, and process improvements.
• Conduct market research and supplier evaluations to assess capabilities, pricing competitiveness, quality, reliability, and compliance with company standards.
• Support contract negotiations by preparing cost analyses, price comparisons, and data‑driven recommendations.
• Monitor inventory levels, open purchase orders, and supplier delivery performance; track KPIs such as on‑time delivery, cost variance, and supplier quality.
• Maintain and update supplier records, pricing agreements, purchasing data, and procurement reports.
• Perform audits of purchasing activities, vendor relationships, and transactional data to identify inefficiencies or compliance gaps.
• Collaborate with forecasting, logistics, inventory management, quality, warehouse, finance, and sales teams to ensure alignment on purchasing needs.
• Track and report procurement KPIs, savings achieved, spend analysis, and compliance metrics; prepare reporting for leadership review.
• Stay informed on industry trends, pricing fluctuations, regulatory changes, and procurement best practices.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to purchasing processes, systems, and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field (preferred).
• 2–5+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, or a related role (preferred).
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence pricing, terms, and supplier performance.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics) and procurement tools (Coupa, Ariba).
• Solid understanding of purchasing processes, sourcing strategies, contract fundamentals, and supply chain principles.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and critical‑thinking skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across cross‑functional teams and build strong supplier relationships.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Professional certifications such as CPP, CPSM, CSCP, or APICS credentials are a plus.

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Primary Objective:

To drive successful pricing outcomes through accurate, data-driven costing and pricing processes across projects. This role will engage with customers’ technical teams to adequately understand the customer need and ensure we cost estimate effectively, with the overarching goal of enabling Spectrum to best serve existing and new accounts through competitive and accurate pricing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Act as a technical liaison to customers, providing confidence in engineering expertise and guiding them through technical discussions of clarity and feasibility of proposed opportunities.
• Engage with customers to understand and provide relevant feedback (e.g., opportunities to drive down cost without impacting efficacy) on technical details of their quote requests and design elements.
• Oversee project cost estimation for incoming opportunities within aligned product group, including developing cost and engineering process assumptions and designing/executing methodologies for accurate quoting.
• Leverage pricing tools to provide commercial team members with pricing guidance.
• Work closely with internal engineering, product, and sales teams to ensure they have all the inputs necessary to develop an accurate cost estimate and pricing guidance.
• Engage relevant Spectrum personnel to determine relevant factors such as tool availability, production capacity, and capability limits.
• Engage with third-party vendors to get cost estimates of key materials / products that they will need to produce the finished product.
• Identify and communicate impactful opportunities to simplify costing processes and improve overall customer response time efficiency.
• Provide margin guidance, as a technical and customer-facing voice contributing to overall company pricing strategies.

Qualifications:

• Engineering Degree or related field preferred. Appropriate experience may be considered.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in technical cost estimation, value engineering, or product design within a manufacturing or industrial setting. Experience with a CDMO strongly preferred.
• Candidate must have experience with technical design, technical process, and customer engagement in technical sales or engineering roles.
• Candidate must have knowledge and demonstrate understanding of manufacturing processes, material selection, and production cost drivers, with familiarity with design specifications.
• Candidate preferred to have strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Candidate preferred to have knowledge and demonstrate understanding of some economic, accounting, and financial principles
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to engage with non-engineering stakeholders via simplifying complex technical concepts.
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, sales, supply chain, and product marketing teams.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills to handle multiple RFQs, technical discussions, and costing exercises effectively.
• Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident due to CUI/ITAR program compliance.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to assist with production activities as required.

Work Environment:

• Office and Production floor
• Occasional travel required.