Would you like to work in an international, innovative organization, where we produce high-quality solutions and are constantly looking to enhance existing and develop new offerings?

What is the job about?

The Project Proposal Manager is an individual contributor role, will be reporting to Head of Projects. The primary responsibility is to lead the project proposal request for quotation through submittal of the proposal to customer, ensuring customer satisfaction and profitable business. The project proposal team is located throughout India, so a key success factor is to be able to drive a truly international and productive team with high satisfaction in a virtual environment.

The manager of Projects proposal team is expected to build and maintain strong relationships to the sales organisation across the areas

Specifically, you will work to: 

• Accountable for the project proposal team that drives proposal from request for quotation to final negotiations to close the deals.
• Responsible for that the team are utilizing the agreed systems and project processes, timely and with high quality.
• Support, motivate, energize, challenge and develop the team to maximise the project sales effort and effectiveness. This includes PDD’s, people management, development and coaching (Grow & Win meetings) within the department.
• Coordinating the planning and prioritization of the proposals working closely with External sales teams and their managers.
• Ensure that team is following business processes and IT systems, such us stages of definition, planning, solution development, procurement, construction, bid/no bid analysis and handover, including risk assessment
• Improving process methodology for project proposals
• Monitor and report on project proposal progress, conduct risk assessment and profitability on the projects.
• Select and manage sub-suppliers and sub-contractors with supply agreements and ensure alignment of service levels
• Handle customer issues if and when these arise
• Other ad-hoc tasks or project as and when required.

Your Background

• Bachelor’s in engineering/Master’s degree in Business, Project Management and/or engineering combined with at least 8-15 years of relevant experience in Proposal and quotation preparation from a large international company.
• Proven track record in project management with a focus on overseeing the end to end process
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with the project vision and goals
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and other languages a plus

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be an invaluable part of the Product management team, a diverse network of pioneers guiding others in seeing possibilities, not problems. You’ll be instrumental in spreading our optimistic, positive attitude to facilitate pursuing opportunities and a good sense of purpose, embodying our six core values. We support you in navigating your own career and development path, offering you tools to hone your leadership craft, both within your field and to broaden your interest or expertise in diverse areas.

In addition, your day-to-day benefits include:

• The ability to work in a cross-cultural, inclusive environment that equally prioritizes well-being and achievement
• On top of it, flexible working hours, 3 days common closure leave and up to 3 days’ additional paid leave for volunteering of your choice.

Do you want to learn more?

This position is based out of Chennai. If this sounds appealing to you, please upload your CV/resume and cover letter today via our Careers portal.

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We look forward to hearing from you.