International Navy Support Bid Manager

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

Salary: Circa £75,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading on bid programme opportunities, encompassing Win Strategy, Price to Win, Solution and the bid governance management plan (life cycle management)
• Developing business cases
• Directing the Bid Programme, forming, developing, and leading a high performing capture team to develop the solution(s) and deliver high quality bid/proposal(s)
• Leading the customer requirement influencing strategy, requirement interpretation and solution option generation
• Leading stakeholder management at all appropriate levels across multiple organisations
• Defining customer relationship management strategy
• Utilising customer review data to truly understand customer perceptions and support capture activity
• Ensuring smooth handovers to Project Manager for delivery phase

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Extensive International Business Winning experience and a deep understanding of business winning behaviours, processes, procedures and industry best practice in a competitive environment
• Considerable experience in leading, managing and delivering strategically important and high value Bid Programmes internationally
• Considerable experience of engaging senior stakeholders, particularly customers, and the ability to build mutually beneficial relationships
• Takes ownership for own tasks, defining own and team objectives
• Works on own initiative with responsibility for delivery

Desirable:

• Practical experience with government defence acquisition agencies, both UK and international
• Several years’ experience of managing business winning teams

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 Navy Support team:

As an international role there is the potential to travel working on a range of opportunities across the Middle East and develop your career across the wider BAE Group.

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: 1st March 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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