Pricing Manager - ERC

Job Title

Pricing Manager - ERC

Career Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Type

Full-Time

Location

ERC Corporate Office - Huntsville, AL 35806 US (Primary)

Job Description

For more than 30 years, ERC has been delivering the advantage needed to solve our customers' and the nation's toughest challenges. ERC is a trusted partner to the Defense and Space communities. We provide the advanced engineering, innovative technology, and subject-matter expertise to deliver the mission results our customers need to keep the nation safe and secure. Our unique solutions enhance readiness, optimize performance, and help ensure success in the air, on the ground and in space.

An essential part of our success is our corporate culture built on respect, empowerment, and collaboration. Our culture elevates our people, ensuring they provide best-in-class service and solutions to our customers. We always strive to do the right thing. We believe that are our people are our best asset and human connection our greatest strength.

Our ~2,000 employees work on the most critical missions in the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force (USAF), NASA, and Missile Defense Agency (MDA). We provide support for Test and Evaluation (T&E), Modeling & Simulation, Agile Software Development, Systems Engineering, and more. Our teams' current projects range from engineering and logistics support for vital space hardware to platform and weapons modeling, simulation, and engineering.

Check us out on ERC.US

This position can be located in either Burlington, MA or Huntsville, AL

Your role:

The Pricing Manager must have in-depth knowledge and understanding of proposal strategies, processes, and methodologies and be able to provide insights and guidance to the team and senior management in the execution of task order cost proposals, competitive analysis, and Price-to-Win (PTW) and risk management. Supports the Sr VP of Contracts & Compliance and directly works for the Corporate Director of Pricing supporting our missions.

What you'll do all day:

• Work hand and hand with our Business Development Division and Corporate Proposal Manager to strategize proposal pricing responses.
• At times will be called upon to fill in on other pricing needs depending on volume of work requiring responses to proposals.
• Must have the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced deadline-oriented environment.

Participate in the proposal pricing process to include:

• Develop complex cost models and detailed cost narratives based on the RFP requirements
• Development of pricing strategy; utilize overall knowledge of company bid-rate structure to complete assignments in a fast paced and deadline-oriented environment.
• Working closely with Capture Manager, Technical Staff and other functional departments to ensure accuracy and coordination of cost proposals
• Coordination of labor, subcontract, review, analyze and compile cost data; Analyzes estimates of labor, material, equipment, and other direct costs, analyzing estimates against previous cost experience and recommends adjustments; prepare cost volumes
• Participate in pricing review with upper management and coordinate with senior staff to determine pricing structure and strategy
• Support audits and participate in cost proposal clarifications or negotiations
• Utilize processes and tools that result in compliant/quality pricing proposal

You will love this job if you:

• Are a self-starter and require little oversight to complete given tasks?
• Enjoy a fast-paced work environment
• Love working with diverse groups of individuals, including engineers and technicians
• Are good at communicating with people
• Have a positive attitude
• Enjoy multitasking

Minimum requirements for this position:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting/Finance, or related field
• Experience in all types of contracts (CPFF, CPAF, T&M, FFP etc.) is required.
• 10 years of experience in Federal Government pricing, proposal development and federal contracting with 5+ years of other relative cost/price experience in industry.
• Experience with Excel Modeling and various Salary Data Information such as ERI, Salary.com and GS equivalents in labor categories
• Experience with Proposal Cost Narrative writing/development and justifications
• Perform business and management tasks in the area of Pricing with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to prepare complex pricing proposals in response to customer requests for proposals.
• Prepare timely, accurate and compliant cost and business proposals.
• Ability to understand and validate proposal price volume deliverables
• Experience working with all phases of solicitation processes such as request for information (RFI), RFP responses and negotiations
• Knowledge of all contract types including FFP, CPFF, CPAF and T&M
• Familiarity with Government Cost Accounting Principles and FAR Part 31
• Ability to brief details of pricing modeling used in the RFP to Senior Management to justify our winning strategy

Desired skills and experience for this position:

What we offer:

• Competitive salaries.
• Continuing education assistance.
• Professional development allotment.
• Multiple healthcare benefit packages.
• 401K with employer matching.
• Paid time off (PTO) along with federally recognized holiday schedule.