Proposal Engineer II

About the role

Coordinates the preparation of qualification documents, gathering all the inputs and challenges of all departments in order to draft complex proposals/tenders. Challenges solutions to optimize costs.

Responsibilities

• Analyze identified business opportunities and interpret customer requirements.
• Understand and articulate the ITT requirements, creating key milestones for tender deliverables and the tender responsibility matrix.
• Consolidate, analyze and edit information needed to prepare proposals, schedules, cost/price/margin estimates, etc.
• Analyze the proposal schedule, monitor progress and highlight potential risk for on-time delivery.
• Recommend corrective action plans for management approval.
• Prepare and present commercial presentation for management review.
• Lead tender kick-off meeting to communicate tender deliverables and responsibility matrix to a cross-functional tender execution team.
• Lead tender meetings and facilitate communication between cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, monitor progress on tender deliverables, identify and track potential risks for on-time delivery and project manage deadlines to meet due date and complete tender.
• Manage clarification logs - technical, commercial and operational.
• Schedule and coordinate cost/price and risk reviews with management.
• Manage creation of final tender package, ensuring quality of output.
• Support Account Managers/Business Development Managers in post-tender customer clarifications.
• Ensure that all tender-related documents are saved to Team SharePoint site for easy retrieval for customer clarifications and quality audits.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in related field (Business Administration, Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Cost Accounting) with 4 to 6+ years’ experience or an equivalent combination of experience.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Process-oriented.
• Pay close attention to details to produce accurate documentation.
• Ability to communicate facts in a clear and concise manner.
• Good interpersonal skills to work in a team-oriented, cross-functional and multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines while managing priorities.

Skills

• Ability to use MS Office software.
• Benchmarking.
• Collaboration.
• Cross-Cultural Communication.