Bid Manager

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Electronic Systems

We serve and protect those who serve and protect us. Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive Electronic Systems Business. Our aim is to recruit the very best talent. At BAE we want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

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Our Electronic Systems Business

The Electronic Systems (ES) sector spans the commercial and defense electronics markets with a broad portfolio of mission-critical electronic systems, including flight and engine controls; electronic warfare and night vision systems; surveillance and reconnaissance sensors; secure networked communications equipment; geospatial imagery intelligence products and systems; mission management; and power-and energy-management systems. Headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire, ES employs approximately 13,000 people globally, with engineering and manufacturing functions primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom.

We pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around. Join us and you’ll be part of something important; something you can be proud of. You’ll have the opportunity to work from concept to completion, giving you real ownership of projects. Whatever you do, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you’re making a difference to people’s lives.

Bid Manager

Would you like to manage a portfolio of bid projects, work with a cross-functional team and interact with senior leaders in a variety of settings? We currently have a vacancy for a Bid Manager at our site in Rochester.

As a Bid Manager, you will create value for BAE Systems and our customers by winning business through the delivery of timely and accurate bids. In this highly collaborative role, you will manage a portfolio of bid projects, work with a cross-functional team and interact with senior leaders in a variety of settings. The role reports to the Bid Centre Manager, is a Project Management discipline and will operate in support of multiple product lines.

Taking advantage of the breadth of your stakeholder engagement, you will be a catalyst for change: challenging our decision-making processes; enabling us to learn from experience, and operating with calm professionalism in a highly changeable business environment.

This new role within our Rochester Business Centre (RBC) is suited to candidates from a diverse range of professional backgrounds, including Project/Engineering Management, Planning and other business support functions. This role offers existing Project Managers the opportunity to diversify their experience and presents opportunities to progress into other functions within the business.

Your Main Responsibilities As a Bid Manager Will Involve

• Management and on-time delivery of bids, according to a clearly defined bid plan, supporting the Capture manager and Technical Lead
• Creation of appropriately tailored bid plans, encompassing success criteria, activities, dependencies and named resources
• Supporting Capture Managers to generate execution strategy and plans to ensure that successful bids are executable upon award
• Driving ownership of activities and tasks throughout the project team
• Active engagement across the bid team, through reporting and knowledge sharing
• Support to Bid Status Reviews, ensuring data is current and accurate
• Generation of actionable information using tools such as Power BI
• Support to key meetings, including Phase Reviews (0, 1A, 1B, 2A), RBAs, Technical Bid Reviews and Risk & Opportunity Reviews
• Ownership of the Memorandum of Cost (MoC) to document and summarise the bid
• Supporting estimators and supporting functions with proposal deliverables
  

Essential

Your skills and qualifications:

• Aptitude to become a subject matter expert in the bid process, including lifecycle management
• Experience of planning and proactive management
• Able to analyse data to inform decision making and create actionable insights
• Highly collaborative; able to work effectively with cross-functional teams and take strategic direction from Capture Managers
• Acting as a change champion, promoting and embedding best practice across RBC functions and bidding activities
• Demonstrated ability to make decisions with clarity in an environment of ambiguity & uncertainty
  

Desirable

• Experience of various estimating methodologies, including parametric estimating
• Ability to interpret and communicate customer requirements, identifying and mitigating risk and assessing opportunity
• Able to adapt to increasingly complex and dynamic situations
• Experience in planning, managing and delivering bid and proposal activities, exposure to MS Project
• Familiarity with lifecycle management and gated review processes to develop and submit customer proposals in line with company policy and regulatory requirements
  

What We Are Looking For In You

• A role model exhibiting collaborative and constructive behaviours
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Ability to maintain an open mind and respond to analysis findings
• Ability to promote debate; and positively influence discussions
• Ability to build sustainable business partnerships based on trust
• Demonstrate resilience, tenacity, and strong business acumen
• Ability to work accurately, methodically and to time when under pressure
  

Location: Rochester

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 dependant on experience

Benefits

Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we sometimes close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role with BAE Systems.

Job

Pgrm/Proj. Management

Primary Location

GB-ENG-KEN-Rochester

Closing Date

14/Jul/22, 5:59:00 PM