Proposals Manager

Come and join Framatome as our Proposals Manager and be part of the growth of our new commercial team at Framatome in the UK

Following three very recent placements and a few more roles to post we have the opportunity for a Proposals Manager.

Reporting to the Senior Account Director within a growing team, you will have plenty of opportunity for rapid growth and development.

In support of our growth and diversification of the provision of  nuclear services to our UK market we are looking for someone to manage the proposals, tendering and commercial processes within Framatome Limited.

You will oversee the entire process from the request for information/quote/proposal (RFI,RFQ,RFP) through to the bid submission and work closely with business development, technical, procurement and legal teams.

The key contractual elements for this opportunity include:

• Competitive (DoE)
• 25 days holiday rising to 30 days
• Health Insurance (family plan)
• Income protection
• Life assurance
• Study and professional body membership support
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave and pay
• Cycle to work
• And more…

 Main responsibilities

Your day to day will include, but not be limited to, tasks like:

• undertake a key role in all steps of the proposals process including completion of proposal documents and chair proposal review meeting
• interpret the tender requirements and assign tasks to complete within the business development team and other required functions in the organisation (e.g. technical functions)
• liaise with customers for bid clarifications and technical queries
• formulate costings and derive selling prices consistent within company policy, market sector and strategic requirement
• provides commercial and contract assurance against Framatome UK and corporate governance requirements
• project manage, working with UK and international stakeholders, to formulate and complete bid responses of a high quality demonstrating the capabilities of the Framatome Ltd organisation
• visit customers for tender discussions and tender submissions meetings
• follow up on tender submissions to get feedback and use this information in a continuous improvement process
• implement improvements in the bidding process, including information exchange, the use of templates etc.
• report and Monitor using internal CRM the success of bids and provide reporting on sales activities and lessons learnt

Individual Attributes

Some of the core attributes we anticipate in high calibre candidates for this position include:

• experience to develop both existing and new proposal team members

• able to both derive writing plan and winning bids on their own or as part of a team

• commercially aware with an understanding of building up project costs and attributing sales margin

• track record of successfully winning multi-discilpinary turn key-bids using or following principles of NEC3/4 will be highly advantageous

• attention to detail to provide a bid the meets or exceeds customer expectation

• understanding of technical documentation

• good communications skills to talk with internal and external stake holders

• good written communication skills

• strong organisational and stakeholder management skills to ensure on time submission of all required information within and external to the organisation

• drive and passion to join a growing organisation in the UK Nuclear sector and develop skills to aid in ongoing career development

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and equality of access that is free from discrimination, prejudice, harm, stereotyping, harassment, victimisation, and any other form of discrimination.

Specialization: G3 - Contract management

Level of education (all) Bachelor

Place: United Kingdom, Bristol, Avonmouth

Employment level: Engineer & Executive

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