Bid Capture Manager

Job title: Bid Capture Manager

Location: Rochester, Kent: We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £54,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Support both the Bids and Proposals & Strategy Lead in efficient running of the team and project delivery managers within the product line to produce compelling customer proposals
• Maintaining excellent customer relations
• Taking ownership of specific bids, campaigns and related tasks
• Develop and maintain a project schedule that embraces all elements of the bid/campaign and managing the project / bid team and personnel to ensure all milestones / objectives are achieved
• Reporting – routine and ad-hoc including support to new business budget management
• Supporting the implementation of best practice business winning reviews
• Using project management techniques, to enable early identification of problems and implementation of mitigation actions

Your skills and experiences:

• A proven track record in Bid Management, ideally in an engineering development environment with awareness of Capture, Commercial and Financial skills with a high level of numeracy
• Proven ability to take ownership, motivate, influence, and manage people effectively
• You will have solid problem solving and analytical capabilities
• Understanding of business development processes and strategies
• Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools is advantageous

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Electronic Systems Team:

Our Electronic Systems team is at the forefront of delivering complex and innovative projects. We’re on the lookout for a proactive and talented Bid Capture Manager to collaborate with our Bids and Proposals Lead, driving day-to-day operations towards achieving departmental targets in time, budget, and quality. This role promises a stimulating journey of continuous learning and development with one of the world’s leading defense contractors.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.”

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 2nd April 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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