Proposal Manager

Why This Role Is Critical

As the need for nuclear energy grows, the future couldn’t be brighter. Join our vital mission to create lasting solutions for our planet’s greatest challenges. In this role, you are ready to shape the future of clean energy and make a long-lasting global impact. With us, anticipate engaging and challenging projects that deliver innovative solutions and value-added technologies helping power more than 38 million North American homes.

• Coordinate the complete proposal development, per current Framatome Commercial Excellence  process and procedures.
• Manage the preparation of bids and tenders, including formal approvals – preparing the required approval forms / process / Delegation of Authority (DOA) – as directed in the Framatomeapproval process and procedures.
• Collaborate with business developers and account managers to obtain and clarify customer requirements
• Solicit all necessary costing information from the necessary stakeholders involved – i.e. :
  Project Management, Supply Chain / 3rd party buyout components & services, Engineering,QA, Legal, Finance – MOC & cash flow
• Create / manage / coordinate proposal development schedule to maintain required bid date deadlines.
• Rely on the technical expertise provided by the technical domain and solution experts
• As required, communicate with the customer – phone / email / face to face at site – to review& finalize customer questions & requirements are properly, correctly assimilated in the proposal content.
• Ensure that bid invest decision, risk assessment before submitting offer, commercial/technical impacts during negotiations, and close the deal are properly executed
• Ensure Customer compliance and project profitability forecast
• Write & assimilate the proposal content
• Stay current on and ensure up to date pricing is used on all company resources and products.
• Work with Sales and Framatome Management to optimize Gross Margin on project bids
• Assist Project Managers on Change Orders to existing Projects. Though not requiring all the steps of a formal bid, responsible for verifying costing used and seeking out internal approvals.
• Participate in handoff from project bid phase to internal kickoff, providing data on bid approach and final pricing
• Coordinate and lead end‑to‑end proposal development activities in alignment with Framatome Commercial Excellence processes and procedures, applying core project‑execution practices—such as scope definition, schedule management, risk identification, and resource coordination.
• Serve as the project lead for bid and tender development, managing timelines, stakeholder engagement, deliverables, and formal approval process / Delegation of Authority (DOA) – as directed in the Framatomeapproval process and procedures.
• Collaborate with business developers and account managers to gather, validate, and refine customer requirements, ensuring proposed scope aligns with project execution best practices.
• Gather all technical and commercial inputs from Project Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, QA, Contracts / Legal, Finance, and others.
• Create / manage / coordinate proposal development schedule, using project‑planning principles to guide stakeholders to meet required bid deadlines.
• Coordinate with technical teams to ensure proposed solutions are feasible and aligned with proven project‑execution practices.
• As required, communicate with the customer – phone / email / face to face at site – to review& finalized customer questions & requirements are properly, correctly assimilated in the proposal content.
• Participate in bid investment decisions, including bid/no-bid evaluations, risk assessments, and commercial/technical impact reviews. Ensure risks, constraints, and dependencies identified during proposals are documented well.
• Ensure proposals comply with customer requirements, company standards, and project profitability objectives.
• Develop and refine final proposal content, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency with execution strategy and planned delivery approach for product standardization.
• Maintain current knowledge of product pricing and resource costs.
• Work with Sales and Framatome…