Senior Bid Manager
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Job title: Senior Bid Manager
Location: Belfast (hybrid working 3 days per week in the office vs. home)
Hours: Full time or part time opportunities available
Do you have a positive attitude combined with excellent interpersonal and motivational skills Do you enjoy being able to generate or initiate innovative solutions Do you pride yourself on leading bid teams shaping compelling and competitive offers to clients Then look no further
What the role has to offer:
Working in an exciting dynamic fast paced environment
Working on high tech interesting projects
Working in a team environment with individual work tasks
Core Benefits:
On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;
Performance-related bonus
Half day every Friday usually finishing around 13:00pm
28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
24 hours volunteering paid for
Private healthcare (grade dependent)
Pension scheme
Life cover
24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
Gym membership discounts
Our Opportunity:
This is a truly demanding and interesting role where you will gain exposure across a wide variety of bids and where you will be responsible for leading the bid team to ensure successful bid production and delivery. You will put your professional bid management capabilities to the test by giving rigour to change control commercial awareness and stakeholder management.
Key responsibilities include:
Bringing structure clarity and governance to the bid process.
Helping shape solutions to provide compelling offers to our customers.
Managing strong relationships with internal and external key UK and international customers.
Managing multi-disciplinary bid teams to deliver high quality business winning proposals.
Applying business acumen to maximise Thales position to secure new business.
Managing the preparation of prequalification response submissions to customers with the objective of securing an invitation to bid.
Leading in Bid Kick-Off meetings providing bid management direction and engagement with the Bid Team.
Managing the creation of the bid deliverables shaping a compelling offer and ensuring review and governance leading to the creation of a high-quality proposal.
About You:
We would be keen to see an application from you if you have the following skills/experience:
A proven track record of managing and delivering successful bids in contexts relevant to Thales: defence heavy engineering (aerospace rail energy marine) or construction or IT infrastructure backgrounds.
Experience managing large complex bids.
Full business/bid lifecycle management including capture qualification and developing capture plans and winning strategies.
Experience of working across boundaries including knowledge of commercial management finance functions.
A working knowledge of industry standard approaches to bid management (such as Shipley Capture Bench).
The ability to successfully manage a bid team and to drive solutions to successful conclusion.
Negotiation skills with the ability to deal with customers partners suppliers and other parts of the business (stakeholder management skills).
Security Clearance requirements:
Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held however if not currently held it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo achieve and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.
To be eligible for full SC you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances a minimum of 3 years residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted with additional overseas checks.
#LI-DNI
In line with Thales Baseline Security requirements candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles or the Early Careers Teamfor graduate and apprentice roles.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
