What is required?
- MBO/HBO work and thinking level
- At least 3-5 years of relevant work experience
- Experience with estimation programs (for example, LogiKal/Orgadata)
- Able to translate a customer's request into the right product
- Good command of the Dutch and English language, both verbally and in writing
- Ability to work independently and accurately
What will you get?
- €2.800 - €3.600 depending on knowledge and experience)
- 40-hour work week
- 25 vacation days
- Opportunities for training and growth
- Reimbursement of travel expenses
What will you do?
- 50% Creating proposals and estimations in LogiKal/Orgadata
- 20% Providing support to customers using the estimation package
- 15% Customer contact to arrive at the correct product choice (including sample offers)
- 10% Internal consultation
- 5% Other tasks (including administration and reporting to the General Manager)
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Jeroen Viktor Hannessen
General Manager
Vacancy
As an Estimator at EFP European Facade Products, you are responsible for creating proposals and project calculations within LogiKal/Orgadata software. You receive requests by email from customers and create, among other things, an overview of the selected materials. Investigate and checking the specification/requirements of the facades, windows, and doors needed. Checking the measurements and process these for pricing. Taking into account the project requirements like wind loads, and any special designs.
In your role as an Estimator, you work is based on the project drawings. You may create a sample offer with multiple options that you present to the customer, such as different series for the same product at varying prices. In this way, you work closely with the customer to arrive at the correct product choice. Additionally, you provide support to customers who work with the same package and assist them in entering data and resolving issues.
You will be part of a technical team of about four colleagues, including an experienced Estimator with whom you work closely. In this role, you report to the General Manager. EFP European Facade Products primarily works with projects in the Middle East, India, Pakistan and Africa which requires you to be able to communicate in English and continually switch between different ongoing projects.
If you enjoy working extensively with estimations and customers, and you find it challenging to set priorities and develop creative solutions, then this is a job for you.<br />
Working week
On an enjoyable day, an order you've worked hard on gets confirmed. That gives a satisfying feeling!
On a less enjoyable day, you are busy making estimations for a large project, knowing that the chances of converting these into an order are not that high.
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- Lunch break
- Reading and replying to mails
- Making calculations
- Coffee moment
- Preparatory work for making calculations
- Supporting a customer with calculations
- Following up on action points
- Doing administration
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- Lunch break
- Preparatory work for making calculations
- Team meeting
- Making calculations
- Reading and replying to mails
- Coffee moment
- Meeting with colleague
- Contact with client
- Reading and replying to mails
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- Lunch break
- Reading and replying to mails
- Coffee moment
- Contact with client
- Reading and replying to mails
- Preparatory work for making calculations
- Making calculations
- Making calculations
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- Lunch break
- Contact with client
- Reading and replying to mails
- Coffee moment
- Supporting a customer with calculations
- Following up on action points
- Doing administration
- Making calculations
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- Coffee moment
- Meeting with colleague
- Free afternoon
- Reading and replying to mails
- Reading and replying to mails
- Making calculations
Firsthand experience
Growth
At EFP International, we mainly provide training on the job, and you mostly learn from well-versed co-workers —partly because you should discover and further expand the specific aspects of system development in practice.
Working at EFP European Facade Products
EFP European Facade Products was founded in 2004 and develops quality aluminum profile systems for the facade industry. Its customers are international window/door facade contractors that manufacture and install EFP profiles and components in order to create and install the correct end product. In addition to profiles, they also develop all other system components, gaskets/seals, accessories, fittings, and a like. EFP is in close contact with investors, project developers, architects, and contractors in order to assure providing the most suitable solutions for each market.
EFP's end product is the shell of a building, or, the exterior façade you can see. A crucial product requirement is climate control of the building, this includes heat & sound insulation, waterproofing and minimize the air ingress. Aesthetics, budget, production, and assembly efficiency are also important. They're mainly applied for the benefit of large office blocks/towers, hotels, but also for residential buildings. For all systems, test elements are in-house pre-made and tested on performance by independent national and international test-institutes.
- Headquarters in Marum
- Active in 23 countries
- 16 employees in the Netherlands
- 18 employees around the world
- 5% / 95%
- Average age 45 years
- Working from home by exception