Bid & Proposal Manager

Grow your career in a collaborative, supportive and inclusive team environment
- Pivotal business enabling role.
- Executive Corporate Package + Benefits + Fully Flexible Work Conditions.

**Tell me about this role**:
You will report to the Sales Centre Director, and work with a supportive team of proposal specialists and business development directors to communicate compelling solutions to our clients’ toughest problems.

**What will I be doing day to day?**

In this role, you'll be tackling a variety of important duties. Here's what you'll be focusing on:

- Managing the complete lifecycle of sales proposals, from initial requirements analysis to final submission, ensuring adherence to deadlines and client requirements.
- Collaborating closely with multi-disciplinary sales teams to understand client needs and develop tailored proposal strategies and win themes.
- Producing compelling and persuasive proposal content, effectively articulating our value proposition and differentiators.
- Ensuring compliance with client solicitation requirements and company policies.
- Providing coaching and guidance to proposal team members.
- Maintaining and updating a library of proposal content, templates, and supporting documentation.

***What sort of skills do I need?**

To thrive in this role, you'll need a blend of education, skills, and experience. Here's what we're looking for:

- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or industry qualifications awarded by bodies such as the Association of Proposal Management Professionals
- Minimum of five years’ experience in proposal management
- Experience with proposal planning, development, and post-submittal activities
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple proposals simultaneously and meet tight deadlines
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a strong emphasis on persuasive writing
- Ability to develop and implement effective proposal strategies
- Knowledge of compliance and response matrices
- Proficiency in Customer Relationship Management software such as Salesforce or Microsoft Dynamics

Project management skills and familiarity with APMP or Shipley proposal development and best practices are a plus.

**_What’s in it for me?_**
- **_Flexibility - _**_We like our employees to have the flexibility they need to live the lives they choose. With flexible working and remote working options._
- **_Inclusion - _**_We like our employees to feel safe bringing their whole self to work offering a number of programs promoting inclusion such as public holiday swap and 40/40/20, our vision for a gender inclusive workplace._
- **_Benefits and Rewards - _**_We have a _competitive package of benefits and rewards including _additional superannuation_; _flexible leave options_; _salary continuation insurance_; _professional certification bonus_; _employee discount program._
- **_Exciting work - _**_Amentum is continually expanding our opportunities working on prominent defence projects across air, land and sea supporting the critical capabilities that keep Australia safe. We have a growing presence in cyber, space and nuclear programs._
- **_ Your Package - _**_We offer a competitive salary package that is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Our compensation structure is designed to attract and retain top talent, with opportunities for growth and advancement._

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**_Why Amentum?_**
- A trusted partner to Australian Government clients, Amentum is a major service provider for some of the most critical national security capabilities. We manage critical infrastructure and facilities and work on major projects in the land, air, maritime, cyber, space, nuclear and digital domains to support the Department of Defence’s multi-billion-dollar investment in enhanced capabilities._
- With more than 880 engineers, project and program managers, training specialists, cyber security consultants, facilities operations experts, essential workers, logistics and technical trades in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, south-east Queensland, Central Australia, Townsville, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle and Nowra, the business has built a reputation for excellence in quality, performance, innovation, value for money and safety by delivering multi-disciplinary expertise on large and technically challenging projects for more than 27 years._
- People are our greatest asset and we value unique backgrounds, experience and perspectives. Without our people we would not be where we are today, we therefore value our team as members of an exceptional organisation offering a wide array of benefits that go far beyond expectations._