Your Tasks
* Be responsible for ensuring that the Engineering and CAD teams achieve all proposals and project programme objectives.
* Generate tender documentation in line with the customers requested bid due dates.
* Ensure that customer requirements and expectations are fully understood and considered.
* Consider alternative solutions to customer proposals demonstrating appropriate advantages both technically and commercially.
* Liaise with Group to obtain the most up to date estimating information, ensuring both the Proposals team and the estimating system are kept up to date with the latest information.
* Actively explore with customers and suppliers cost-effective solutions.
* When appointed, take on the role of Proposals Co-ordinator for overall responsibility of proposals.
* Work with Sales Managers to determine which enquiries we should provide customer quotations for, taking into account competitiveness, competency, solution, and capacity.
Your Skills
* Relevant qualification in an engineering discipline or equivalent level of industry experience with sound mechanical engineering knowledge, along with experience in estimation/proposals development and proposal preparation and presentation.
* Experience within a process industry is required, ideally with ‘brownfield’ experience.
* Paint plant/paint finishing experience would be an advantage, as would knowledge of automotive/related industries.
* Ability to understand customer requirements and specifications, and be creative in developing new ideas and solutions.
* Good at developing relationships with customers and building trust and confidence.
* Strong influencing and persuading skills.
* Commercial and financial awareness is required.
* Experience of working within both office and site environments is required.
* Organised, methodical, and self-motivated with the ability to prioritise and plan workloads and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
* Flexible approach and ability to work independently and within a team.
* Based at our head office in Warwick, under a home/office hybrid working arrangement, you will need to be flexible with regard to travel and working time since this role could take you around both the UK and overseas.
* A willingness to develop and increase personal knowledge and experience is essential.
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