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Senior proposal manager

Warrington
Permanent
Bilfinger
Proposal manager
Posted: 22 May
Offer description

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.



Take full accountability for assigned major proposals to include Frameworks in the Nuclear and Offshore Industry, leading, planning, managing and delivering winning proposals to support Bilfinger UK business strategies. Proposals developed shall: reflect agreed strategy; be specific and relevant to the client / enquiry; have high impact, engaging and professional presentation; be subject to thorough and relevant internal challenge; facilitate successful delivery of the opportunity if we are awarded; meet all Bilfinger governance requirements.

Main Responsibilities



Support Bid no Bid Process

Support bid no bid process with preliminary reviews of enquiries, participate in / lead meetings, follow up actions to facilitate making appropriate bid decisions.



Take Accountability for Assigned Proposals

(Note specific jobs may have focus of type of proposal, e.g. project or term services, but personnel shall be flexible to meeting business needs. Role likely to require management of multiple proposals in parallel.)

* Act as Proposal Lead: accountable for all activities and to manage and drive all others to create a winning proposal
* Review all client documentation and allocate owner for review
* Attend site visits
* Manage all clarifications and raise / review where appropriate
* Liaise with client and record all client correspondence
* Manage development of win plan
* Develop and maintain action plan and manage input from others to ensure delivered on time to required quality
* Work with Estimating to define estimating strategy and reviews of estimate and pricing to confirm strategy met and appropriate due diligence applied
* Lead development of project time schedules
* Lead risk review process
* Engage with Operations and other business areas as needed for support, input and validation
* Manage the review and approval requirements in accordance with Bilfinger governance
* Collaborate with Sales / Business Development (BD) for the proposal and towards the client
* Follow up submission to maintain engagement with the client, address clarifications and secure the work
* Handover and close out in accordance with governance requirements
* Internally report, provide feedback and promptly raise issues
* Maintain CRM (Salesforce) for assigned proposals in coordination with Sales / BD



For Prequalifications as Assigned

* Take accountability for delivery of prequalification exercise
* Lead and manage the prequalification exercise



For Other Proposals and Prequalifications as Requested

* Carry out independent reviews / four eye checks, lead and / or participate in review meetings
* Provide input, produce deliverables and support



Other

* Network internally and externally to support delivery of core job function
* Contribute to proposal library
* Support management of expenditure vs proposals budget



General

* Work in accordance with a “one Bilfinger team” ethos
* Support operational delivery as required and agreed
* Support Sales / BD sales activities as required and agreed

Work flexibility to support all proposal department activities as required and agreed



Experience & Qualifications

* Relevant experience in an operational deliver role in similar industries, scopes and scales of work (e.g. Project Manager, Site Manager, Contract Manager)
* Relevant technical knowledge and experience
* Experience of estimating, cost control or similar (creating, reviewing)
* Contractual experience (managing / reviewing contracts)
* HNC / HND / Degree level preferred



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