Cost Estimating Project Manager

Your Job

Phillips Medisize, a Molex company is seeking a new member in our Cost Estimation & Business Analytics group.

You will join our Global Innovation and Development team in Hudson, WI, a suburb of Minneapolis-St.

Paul, MN.

In this role, you will have an opportunity to work in a company that is becoming one of the world's leading innovation hubs for medical devices.



*This is a hybrid position with a minimum of 3 days/week out of our Hudson location.

Our Team

As a Cost Estimating Project Manager, you play a key role in securing new business for Phillips-Medisize and setting our development projects up for success.

You will interact with Sales, Project development, Production, Finance, as well as Senior Management.

Your primary role is to ensure that project cost estimations are developed diligently and efficiently while taking possible assumptions into considerations, such as scope changes, estimation uncertainties and risks (time, supply chain, market conditions, financial risks etc.).

What You Will Do



* Lead the end-to-end project cost estimation process by planning, coordinating with relevant input providers, aligning stakeholder expectations, and obtaining timely approvals from the Cost Estimation Committee.


* Collaborate with stakeholders across departments to gather detailed inputs for defining project scope, initial strategy, and cost estimate assumptions and sources.


* Monitor the incoming pipeline of Requests for Proposal (RFPs), conduct initial data collection on project scope and timing, and maintain up-to-date tracking.


* Ensure clear understanding of customer needs through direct engagement before initiating cost estimation activities.


* Analyze and reconcile large and complex data sets, managing multiple revisions to deliver accurate and reliable cost estimates.


* Prepare and present detailed cost estimation reports to Senior Management, Business Development, Executives, and client teams as required.


* Support the development of customer proposals in close alignment with the Sales organization to ensure consistency and competitiveness.


* Drive regular process retrospectives, identify improvement opportunities, and implement changes to enhance the cost estimation workflow.


* Build and maintain strong relationships with the global cost estimation team to ensure consistent adherence to global principles and best practices.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Bachelor's Degree or higher in Finance, Business, Economics or Engineering


* Experience working with large data sets and the ability to perform quantitative analysis, financial modeling, or cost estimation with a high degree of accuracy


* Experience managing projects or leading initiatives involving multiple stakeholders

What Will Put You Ahead



* Experiencing working with the entire process of estimating cost and preparing the proposal for the customer


* Experience setting up databases and struc...