Responsibilities

: Develop bid plan with Business Development and manage a team to achieve bid deliverables - typically involving Engineering, Procurement, Operations, Quality, Finance, Contracts & Commercial and external partners Obtain bid & proposal spend for bid managed opportunities. Ensure resource demand for these bidding activities is accurately captured and controlled via Microsoft Project Server and addressed through resource councils May also be required to execute delivery of programmes on contract award. Direct, motivate and provide leadership for the team in order to deliver bid/programme to agreed time, budget, quality and benefits Ensure effective and open communication throughout the team and with stakeholders Direct the supply chain for the bid/ programme Integrate the reporting for the programme making best use of available PMO capabilities Ensure team complete inputs as per the Company governance process, conducting gate reviews to schedule including approval from all stakeholders Co-operate with management to meet the employer's legal duties and take reasonable care of their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions

Qualifications and Experience:

Driven and experienced bid manager with a proven track record of developing and implementing effective plans to secure business and deliver Awareness of offset / industrialization requirements Strong record of operating in a customer service environment Knowledge of the functional disciplines and supply chain that require management Track record of building and maintaining excellent relationships Equivalent of 5 years' experience managing bids and programmes or in functional area with proven delivery track record Knowledge and demonstrable experience of PPM techniques

Core competencies:

Leadership & communication - clear direction, guidance and motivation to team Priority & workload management - goal orientation balancing task, team and individual Problem solving skills - able to deal with ambiguities, uncertainties & conflicts Knowledge of project finance Commercially and contractually aware Risk management - mitigate risks, identify opportunities to increase revenue/margin Customer orientation and interface Able to take corporate or 'global' view and deal with senior stakeholders Knowledge of aerospace industry Demonstrable PPM competences Bid/programme performance management - KPIs, metrics Extensive knowledge of MS Office - particularly MS Project Willingness to develop

Other:
9 day fortnight - 37 hrs p/w
Hybrid pattern - min 3 days in office, dependent on project and workload
up to 25% (average 10%) UK travel to other Company/Client sites in the UK