Bid Manager

At Siemens Mobility, we believe our people are the cornerstone of our success. We are committed to nurturing a supportive and inclusive environment where every team member can thrive. Join our global community, where your growth and development are as important as our shared mission to innovate and transform the Rail industry. Ready to embark on this exciting journey with us?

We're looking for a Bid Manager within our Rail Infrastructure Customer Services team, where you will play a critical role in driving the success of our bids and proposals. This role requires someone with a strong character and excellent resilience, as you'll navigate complex challenges and thrive in a dynamic, fast paced environment to deliver successful bids. You will manage the end-to-end bid process, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver compelling, competitive, and high-quality bids for rail infrastructure projects. Your expertise will ensure we provide innovative service solutions to our clients, while aligning with Siemens' mission of advancing mobility with sustainable technologies. If you're ready to shape the future of rail transportation, we invite you to bring your experience and leadership to our team.

The team are based in one of our key locations, Chippenham, however our hybrid approach allows us to consider your application if you're not within daily reach of this site.

You'll create impact by

• Managing the full bid lifecycle for tenders typically ranging from £100k to £20m, ensuring successful, high-quality submissions.
• Creating compelling tender documentation that is consistent, accurate, and minimizes company risks, while integrating lessons learned.
• Leading internal bid deliverables and securing approvals, ensuring timely progress across all stages.
• Effectively managing business resources and negotiating with stakeholders at all levels to keep bids on track.
• Acting as the primary client contact, negotiating technical, financial, and commercial aspects of bids pre- and post-submission.
• Facilitating smooth handovers from the tender team to the delivery phase, ensuring scope stability and project alignment.

Your success will be grounded by

• Your win rate and quality of tender documentation in a similar role and large matrix organisation.
• A proactive and confident approach, with a strong will to engage, and collaborate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders across various levels
• Your extensive bid management experience with significantly high-level budgets
• An understanding of Railway technology projects would be an advantage.
• A strong ability to negotiate in complex situations.
• Degree level qualifications and expert level MS package knowledge.

You'll benefit from

Our compensation package includes a competitive salary, company bonus, holiday allowance and pension. We celebrate the fact that our employees are individuals and have different wants and needs. With this in mind, we have a flexible benefits scheme where you can tailor your benefits package to suit you.

Transform the every day with us!

We value your unique identity and perspective and are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society. Come bring your authentic self and create a better tomorrow with us.

At Siemens, we promote a growth mindset, the self-belief that we can learn and grow, take on new challenges and adapt to change. If you don't match all the criteria for this role but feel you have transferable skills to enable you to succeed, we encourage you to apply.

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Location: Chippenham, GB

Posted Date: 11/26/2024