Bid and Manager M​/F

Overview

ALTEN, an engineering and technology consultancy, we are a leading Engineering and IT consultancy operating across 30 countries, making waves in all sectors:
Aeronautics, Space, Defence, Security and Naval, Automotive, Rail and mobility, Energy and environment, Life Sciences and health, Industrial Equipment and electronics, Telecoms, Banking, Finance & Insurance, Retail, Services & Medias, Public Services & Government. With a team of passionate, diligent, and agile engineers, we are united by a common purpose: building tomorrow’s world today. Day by day, we support our customers  development strategies as well as their technological and sustainability transformation.

To support the fast expansion, we are offering a Bid and Offer Manager position based in London.

The Bid and Offer Manager ensures that ALTEN delivers high-quality bids and ultimately wins new contracts. If you want to join a high-performing team driven by excellence and growth, then you should apply for this role.

• Anticipate the next major bids and associated action plans
• Provide critical and creative inputs to the value proposition
• Guide the bid team in creating the winning offer
• Guarantees the high quality of the offer delivered in line with ALTEN’s standards
• Support the team to identify key messages and differentiators for the bid and develop the bid response
• Become a bid process specialist for ALTEN
• Train and coach the bid stakeholders on the bid process
• Monitor and improve bid performance
• Identify and deploy the best/innovative ways of working to improve the company’s approach to proposals

• Direct report to the Head of business development for ALTEN in the UK
• Join an international strategic business development team
• Coordinate across business units and corporate functions

About you:

• Excellent Project Management skills in timely management of bids to meet strict deadlines – not a strictly nine to five role – an understanding that the deadline must be met, and this requires some flexibility as to hours worked
• Strong attention to detail:
  Excellent English; writing and numerical skills
• Excellent presentation skills and facilitating presentation rehearsals
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to deal effectively and appropriately with staff at all levels within the company
• Commercial, bids, tender, business development, marketing background
• Ability to persuade, influence and challenge in a constructive manner and identify appropriate solutions
• Ability to translate the firm s service offering into key benefits for a client
• Must be able to “think outside the box” so that new opportunities can be exploited
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Word; Excel; PowerPoint) is essential

By joining us you can expect:

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
• Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership
• A supportive and collaborative environment
• Competitive basic salary accompanied by an attractive bonus based on your performance

As well as this, we offer:

• Company benefits including Private Medical Healthcare, Life Insurance and Travel Insurance
• Pension scheme with company contributions up to 6%
• Working Conditions:
  
  2-3 days a week in Central London head office
• Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance program
• Social – Breakfast Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays and Pizza on the last Thursday of each month

Any doubts? Studies have shown that some groups of people are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we are looking for. As an equal-opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute.

Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.

Industry

Fonctions Business Développement

Position location

Job location

Europe, United Kingdom, London

Minimum Level Of Education Required

• Bachelor others

Minimum Level Of Experience Required

• Confirmed (3-5 years)

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