An exciting opportunity has become available for a Business Capture Manager to join G3 Systems Business Development & Proposals team.
This role will be prioritised as bid management first, followed by capture activity and finally supporting the development of our wider BD opportunities.
This role and expertise will provide additional engineering knowledge to compliment the existing G3 Systems team, and to provide depth in our team’s knowledge to support key bids.
Key Tasks:
* Manage the full bid process including work breakdown structure and technical solution development.
* Instrumental in capturing new business for the company by creating winning bids.
* Manage the requirements for the capture of new business opportunities:
* Develop bid strategies and concepts of operation to support the proposal.
* Production of the bid proposals & associated plans
* Manage the relationship with the customer to ensure clear lines of communications are established and that their requirements are fully understood.
* Lead the Cost Estimation & Pricing processes and submit for approval.
* Bid review and general bid team management.
* Ensure that the final bid submissions meet the highest quality standards.
* Manage liaison with the Design & Engineering team during the bid lifecycle to coordinate inputs to the technical bid solution.
* Support the sub-contractor and supplier selection process, in conjunction with Quality, Technical & Supply Chain personnel.
* Liaison with the Supply Chain Manager to identify suppliers/sub-contractors and help produce the associated scopes of work in support of bids.
* Liaison with the Commercial Manager to produce the commercial aspects of the proposals.
* Support Marketing and Business Development by managing the preparation and supply of technical information.
* Compliance with Company Business Operating Procedures.
* Attendance at Gate Reviews and other related proposal reviews as required. This will include preparation and presentation of review documentation.
* Responsible for the handover of complete bid packages to G3 Systems Deployable Infrastructure (DI) team following successful bid awards.
* Responsible for the provision of accurate bid status & tracking information to maintain the G3 Systems Salesforce pipeline tool.
* Maintain communications and liaison with Deployable Infrastructure (DI), HR, Supply Chain, Finance, Commercial, Design & Engineering and QHSE departments/functions.
Qualifications Required:
* Degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, with proven experience in a Bid / Capture role.
Skills / Experience Required:
* Flexible and proactive approach to grow within an expanding team.
* Experienced in setting out the bid strategy, plans and proactively managing the bid and team as required.
* Experienced in developing bids and managing the process to bid submission.
* A proven track record for delivering small bids (£500K - £2M) and larger bids (£5M - £50M)
* Commercial and estimating experience.
* Good project management skills to manage key bids to service delivery.
* Experienced in working on MoD bids and having a good understanding of the commercial processes in contracting with the UK MoD
* Good technical understanding or background of engineering principles.
* Competent User of Microsoft Office packages, in particular Word and Excel
* Ability to use Microsoft Project desirable, but not essential