Technical Proposal Manager

6 days ago


Bath, United Kingdom Electus Recruitment Solutions Full time

Your in depth understanding of Technical Proposals, (specifically in the Defence sector) could provide an immediate benefit to our top-tier defence consultancy.
As a Technical Proposal Manager, you will lead scoping and detailed pricing activities, whilst working with technical and resourcing teams to provide clear, concise, costed proposals.
Your 'Can do' attitude will be welcomed, and your experience in managing and delivering high quality proposals will prove valuable.
You will have the opportunity to work for a maritime-orientated high-end design house and technical consulting firm driven by a passion for solving complex, real-world problems.
Competitive pay, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities to work on world-class projects in an environment where new ideas are encouraged and nurtured are on offer within this vibrant Engineering Consultancy organisation.
**About the job**
Our client currently requires a Technical Proposal Manager to join their Engineering Delivery Partner Team. Along with strong technical competencies and capabilities, the role requires leadership and soft skills to help engage with EDP Partner companies, andfacilitate proposal workshops. A great opportunity to show your breathe of knowledge around Bids & Proposals, whilst developing your commercial and leadership skills.
**Role Responsibilities**:

- Manage and deliver high quality proposals addressing the client requirement; this must incorporate the use of specific processes and templates applicable to the EDP contract.
- Engage with EDP Partner companies, and a wider network of providers, to agree optimum delivery arrangements as part of the task scoping activity.
- Plan, co-ordinate, and programme manage the task scoping and detailed pricing activities for the entire bid process for the respective bids, including working with the required individuals from the primary business functions, including commercial, operations,and future business to produce a comprehensive response to resource bids.
- Facilitate proposal workshops as needed, including organising meetings, providing briefings, and ensuring that everyone involved in proposal development exercise understands their role and what is expected of them, the task and what is required, the associatedprocesses and timescales applicable to a specific proposal.
- Act as a point of contact for EDP proposals for which they are Proposal Manager.
- Collate, manage, and disseminate critical information that impacts proposal development.
- Be able to write compelling proposals in response to clients’ requirements.
- Review and format proposal deliverables, providing a pre-submission control point to ensure quality and consistency of the final proposal outputs.
- Work with EDP Commercial Partners to ensure compliance with the corporate processes, procedures, guidance, and record the approvals accordingly; this also includes ensuring that the correct reviews are completed and documented accordingly.
- Close monitoring and reporting of the bid proposal delivery progress against the agreed timescales and requirements, including any changing requirements.
- Ensure timely delivery of compliant bids to agreed KPI dates.

**About you**
As a Technical Proposal Manager your skills and qualifications will include:

- Strong, proven track record of proposal management / tender preparation.
- Knowledge and understanding of the defence / engineering / consultancy industry preferable.
- Demonstrate understanding of bidding/proposal practice, procurement processes and quality systems.
- Able to take a flexible approach which responds to the issues presented.
- Able to write compelling proposals in response to clients’ requirements.
- Show creativity and flexibility in their approach to each activity, and being able to engage people from different functions in order to jointly deliver bids.
- Take immediate ownership of the proposal process.
- Able to work under pressure and 'do all it takes' to deliver work to deadlines whilst maintaining a professional approach.
- Able to work collaboratively with clients, colleagues, senior management, EDP Partners and a wider supply chain.
- Natural communicator with excellent written and oral presentation skills.
- Excellent time management skills and able to prioritise a busy schedule and workload.
- Dedicated to exceeding the expectations and requirements of internal and/or external customers.
- Extremely organised and with a keen eye for detail.
- Confidently deals with changing requirements.
- Consistently looks for new and more effective ways to do things.
- A finisher, with the attitude to go the extra mile.
- Team player, demonstrate a positive attitude to lead and motivate others.
- 'Can do' attitude and solution provider.

**Overview
Technical Proposal Manager, Defence.
Bath, Occasional travel to Bristol, Hybrid/Flexible.
Competitive salary, comprehensive benefit package.
**Key skills**
Technical Proposals, Management, Bids, Tenders, Proposals, Defence.
Superb opportunity to work for a leading defence company in a highly visible and critical role.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries.
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to British Citizens.
Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, to SC level.
This is a permanent position.



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