Proposal Engineer II

Job Purpose

Coordinates the preparation of qualification documents, gathering all the inputs & challenges of all departments in order to draft complex proposals/tenders. Challenges solutions to optimize costs

Job Description

• Analyze identified business opportunities and interpret customer requirements.
• Responsible for understanding and articulating the ITT requirements, creating key milestones for tender deliverables and the tender responsibility matrix.
• Consolidates, analyzes and edits information needed to prepare proposals, schedules, cost/price/margin estimates, etc.
• Analyzes the proposal schedule, monitors progress and highlights potential risk for on time delivery. Recommends corrective action plans for management approval.
• Prepare and present commercial presentation for management review.
• Lead tender kick off meeting to communicate tender deliverables and responsibility matrix to a cross functional tender execution team.
• Lead tender meetings and facilitate communication between cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, monitor progress on tender deliverables, identify and track potential risks for on-time delivery and project manage deadlines to meet due date and complete tender.
• Manage clarification logs - technical, commercial and operational.
• Schedule and coordinate cost/price and risk reviews with management.
• Manage creation of final tender package, ensuring quality of output
• Support Account Managers/Business Development Managers in post-tender customer clarifications
• Ensures that all tender related documents are saved to Team SharePoint site for easy retrieval for customer clarifications and quality audits.

You are meant for this job if:

• BA/BS degree in related field (Business Administration, Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Cost Accounting) with 4 to 6+ years' experience or an equivalent combination of experience.
• Have analytical and problem-solving skills
• Process orientated
• Pay close attention to details to produce accurate documentation
• Ability to communicate facts in a clear and concise manner
• Good interpersonal skills to work in a team orientated, cross-functional and multi-cultural environment
• Ability to work in fast paced environment and meet deadlines while managing priorities

Skills

Ability to use MS office software

Benchmarking

Collaboration

Cross-Cultural Communication