Bid Manager

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Thales Full time

We’re inventing the future, right here, right now, at Thales. We design the critical security solutions of tomorrow by combining the curiosity to explore, the intelligence to question and the vision to create. Together we solve complicated problems by combining our experience in the market with our leading research and development capabilities.

**About the Position**

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to be part of and contribute to ‘Building a future we can all trust’? You enjoy Bid Management, getting the best out of a team and love stakeholder management? Join us We are looking for a new colleague supporting the Vehicle & Tactical Systems portfolio with a focus on the Protected Vehicle business as a Bid Manager.

Reporting to the Director Bids & Capture VTS, you are in charge of managing a specialist team to deliver considered and compelling solutions to customer problems within a governance framework.

Your day-to-day job requires professional bid management capabilities to be applied including:

- Bring structure, clarity and governance to the process and discipline relating to bid management activities.
- Manage the preparation of prequalification and tender response submissions to customers worldwide with the objective of securing an invitation to bid or winning the contract itself.
- Manage the creation of the bid deliverables and ensuring review and governance, leading to the creation of a high-quality proposal.
- Work effectively with the Capture Leader to generate win themes that address customer problems and needs with defined benefits of the Thales offering.
- Ensure that cost estimates within the target budgets are provided with support from Systems Engineering / Product Management / Project Management and that the costs are effectively reviewed to ensure competitive and winning pricing.

**How About You?**
- 2 - 5 years of Bid Management experience preferably in Defence.
- Used to working in a complex, multidisciplinary, multisite and multinational organisation.
- Can demonstrate the ability to construct solutions that meet the customer need, both commercially and technically.
- Internal and external stakeholder management experience.
- An ability to seek enjoyment in every day.

**Good to Know**

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are applicable and as such, your nationality may be a factor in determining your suitability for this role.

Prior to offer you’ll complete a pre-employment police and medical check. Thales also complies with current public health orders in place and as such you may be requested to provide your COVID-19 vaccination record.

Wellbeing matters at Thales, and where possible we encourage flexible working.


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