Bid Manager - Offshore Wind

TRS Staffing are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity for a Bid manager – Offshore Wind

Location: UK (Stoke or Birmingham), plus flexible working from home

The role will see you lead the preparation of high quality, detailed and comprehensive technical and commercial offers in the Offshore Wind farm segment.

Your primary focus will be on High-Voltage AC Substations from the early pursuit phase until final negotiation, contract signature and handover to the execution team.
During preparation, the successful candidate will lead an interdisciplinary tender team to professionally prepare the technical and commercial offer.

Key responsibilities:

The position of Bid Manager will have a variety of responsibilities including, but not limited to:
• Together with the International front-end sales organization, you will identify projects in the early stage, understand customer requirements and follow-up regularly and promptly with customers during the acquisition phase
• Work out the sales strategy for the individual tenders by selecting the winning solution, both commercially and technically
• Assume the lead for assigned tenders, incorporating the help of interdisciplinary supporting teams consisting of engineering, project management, legal, commercial and supply chain management
• Prepare and ensure on-time and complete technical and commercial tender submittal to the customer and lead the technical and commercial negotiations with customers
• Responsible for the integration of supplier offers, risk evaluation and completeness of tender in multi-national setups
• Oversee the validation of terms and conditions in each offer
• Develop a network of customers and suppliers to increase market knowledge and support future business acquisition
• Hand over successful sales projects to the project execution and engineering departments
• Collaborate with supply chain management to coordinate subcontractor and supplier offers. Support SCM in negotiations with vendors to get the best technical and commercial offers
• Ensure the tendering process is properly adhered to for all tenders including gate screening, tender budget setting, tender preparation meetings and tender submission

Experience Required:
• In depth professional experience and knowledge of power supply systems, sales and tendering
• Experience of working with OWF developers and utility industry customers as well as international EPC’s
• Good knowledge of AIS/GIS HV/MV equipment
• Knowledge of local industry standards and practices in markets advantageous
• Previous experiences of working with OWF clients would be advantageous

Formal Education and Training Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent with minimum 5-7 years’ experience and around 3-5 years’ experience in the Offshore Wind Farms and Transmission sector.

If you are interested to learn more, please apply!