Technical Proposals Manager

• Wind turbine technical bid development and negotiation. Owns the technical analysis of customer inquiries, RFQs, or tenders, to determine proposal requirements, scope of supply, and winning wind turbine configurations. Matrix leadership of technical team including application engineering, EHS, product engineering, product line and all other technical disciplines for proposal development.
• Accountable for ensuring high quality, well defined technical proposals that include applicable scope of supply options to position GE to win profitable orders.
• Has in-depth knowledge of technical and commercial best practices and how that work product integrates with other teams; has working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market
• Support sales team in closing orders by providing technical expertise, negotiation support and timely responses to customer needs.
• Responsible to participate in cycle time reduction, proposal quality improvement and technical risk analysis and optimization activities.
• Participation in weekly proposal risk reviews owning the technical risk review on each transaction.
• Participation in order release from sales to project implementation and associated critical process steps.
• Support functional reviews for forecasting, technical strategy development, technical risk management, technical issues resolutions, Technical Leader tools development & deployment, simplification, growth and lean initiatives.
• Mentor team members with less experience.
• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.
• Main point of contact for technical issues within the commercial operations team.
• Develop deep relationships with customers technical team to enable collaborative development of their project pipelines.
• Facilitate periodic touch points with customers to enable bi-directional communication/feedback on technical and project-specific issues

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or a related engineering discipline (STEM fields preferred).
• Minimum of 5 years experience in power or wind projects, including tender preparation and/or project implementation.

Desired Characteristics

• Process improvement & team leadership experience.
• Success in working directly with customers, independent engineers, sales, engineering, product line and project management teams.
• Some travel required away from assignment location primarily for customer meetings and negotiations.
• Demonstrated sensitivity to customer needs and awareness of market conditions.
• Fluent in English.
• Strong knowledge of wind turbine components (gearbox, blades, tower, controls, etc.).
• Knowledge of mechanical loads analysis and wind resource assessment processes.
• Multi-tasking high volumes of work at various stages of maturity and ability to prioritize workload.
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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