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Cost and Pricing Analyst

Name :	Peter Cravath
Industry Type :	Specialty Contractors
City & State :	Greater Chicago Area,IL
Job Title	Cost and Pricing Analyst
Relocation Preferences :	Not available for relocation
Objective :	To work in a manufacturing environment to perform the function of costing, pricing, business unit, and program analytics. I enjoy interfacing with customers as well.
Resume :	Peter Cravath Greater Chicago Area COST AND PRICING ANALYST Selected Experience Highlights: Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), business unit reporting, Analysis of standard costs, program costs and product pricing Identify and research budget variances & reports to management Assists in the preparation of business unit budgets and forecasts Develop pricing models and compare with actuals to identify areas for improvement Advanced Excel User EXPERIENCE: Cost and Pricing Analyst – Woodward MPC Niles, IL. 2006-2009 Preparing DOD auditable cost estimate analysis completing Form 1411, including: Extracting labor data from historical averages of production items Estimating material cost from average actuals Curve and escalate as necessary to establish cost in period of performance dollars. Ensuring compliance with Truth In Negotiations Act (TINA) And Defense Acquisition Regulations System (DFAR) Assisted in customer and governmental cost audits Compiling data for ad hoc reporting, including: Business unit budget forecasting Forecast vs. actual for production and NRE estimates and SBU performance Investigated and reported on Estimates To Complete Inventory reduction effort Work In Progress (WIP) reports for Electronics Business Unit Produce reports on selected projects to determine project status Ascertaining degree below or above forecast Create and retain reports, including: Budget to actual anomalies (proceeded with variance analysis Created monthly reports to 3 business unit VP’s) Break-even manufacturing analysis for new sales opportunities; Showing up front non-recurring charges and product sales life cycle Maintaining thorough basis’ of estimates and historical records for cost auditing Accomplishments: Automated much of the pricing process Project management and estimating tools improved accuracy of cost efforts Standardized reports, graphs and summary sheets for VP’s Performed new hire training; getting them quickly up to speed Reports helped reduce “No-Needs Inventory” by 75% Senior Cost Estimator – Kollsman Instruments (now Elbit Systems) Merrimack, NH. 2002-2006. Government Cost Proposals, including: Apply burdens and overhead rates to Work Breakdown Structure elements Assisted in audit process Preparing sell pricing on all avionics spares and pitot tube program including: Updating database management on costs Participated in bid reviews Team member in growth by acquisition effort Participating in sales opportunity process, including: Formulating data for bid proposal Marketing presentations evaluating market conditions and product advantages Kick-off meetings Purchased part database management, including: Extract and reformulate material & labor cost data Created mail-merge RFQ documents from BOM for purchasing action Staff training Accomplishments: Cut RFP turn-around time by 50% Lead and ownership of avionics spares pricing Wrote and revised departmental pricing policy and procedure documents Engineering and Production Analyst – Martinez Mfg. (now div.of Thermtrol) Cary, IL. 2000-2001 First Stage Engineering; including Reviewed customer drawings for manufacturability Identify, create BOM; addressed and resolved potential obsolescence issues Ad-hoc reporting to upper management Initiated fact find within organization to determine labor necessary Determined and allocated labor processes by bid/labor code Participated in ISO 9000 audits Constant contact with suppliers: Priced all items on bill of materials by contacting suppliers Used historical cost data. Arranged for special pricing when needed Performed tooling fact find for existence and suitability Accomplishments: Increased efficiency of Excel template tools for quotation tasks Reducing turn-around time in talking pieces and prototypes Guided and supported co-workers with software and hardware issues Inside Sales – Hawk Electronics Wheeling, IL. 1995-2000 Frontline sales, including: Service and expand volume electronic component sales to assigned OEMs Primary inside sales contact for Motorola Customer sales and service, including: Special pricing and delivery Coordinating internal follow-through to ensure customer satisfaction Identify better than alternate products and making them known to customers Accomplishments: Promoted to quotation manager for all custom assemblies Increased annual sales by an average of 20% per year on my accounts Converted product knowledge into customer sales EDUCATION & TRAINING: BA Nathaniel Hawthorne College, Antrim, NH. Minor: Business Administration Professional Coursework: Motorola: Total Quality Management Harper College: Advanced Blueprint Reading; Advanced Excel Pro-Pricer Users Conference Government Contracting for OEM’s Microsoft Project training AMA “Getting Results Without Authority” SAP Certificate (currently enrolled) Software Proficiency MS Excel (Including pivot tables, lookups, macros, and criteria based formulas.) Oracle and Oracle Discoverer MS Access MS Outlook MS PowerPoint MS Project Cognos & Cognos Impromptu MS Word Adobe Acrobat ProPricer Lotus 1-2-3 Seibel Internet Explorer