Job Description Summary

Become part of a winning team and help to deliver the Green Energy transition.

For the project assigned to her/him, the GSI Service (GSI-SER)Bid Manager in the NSE region oversees the GSI-SER Bid Management activities as part of the ITO process in the region, ensuring the delivery of winning, good quality, profitable, compliant and on-time proposals to our customers for the complete GSI-SER portfolio (Refurbishments, extensions, Long Term Service Agreements, Spares etc...).

He/she ensures that the GSI-SER offers he/she is responsible for in the Region are executable and competitive, in order to meet the region goals in stretch collaboration with the Account Management team and Proposal Management team and all the other GSI Functions. He/she reports to the NSE Bid Management Leader.

• In strong collaboration with the GSI Account Management and Proposal Management teams in the region, the GSI-SER Bid Manager leads all the Functions involved in the elaboration of GSI offers from the Go/No-Go process to the final submission and transfer to the OTR teams of successful bids, ensuring the good understanding of the customer technical needs, and defining the best delivery model and maximizing profit and cash. Explore alternative (technical solutions, sourcing, innovative content ...) allowing to differentiate our proposal and to increase its competitiveness, while ensuring its executability.
• At Opportunity Identification stage: Supports the Account Management team in defining and confirming the scope and deal strategy.
• At Go/NoGo and across the ITO process, is accountable for defining winning commercial strategies, including by not limited to (1) follow up of market prices and definition of target selling prices, to win the projects while maximizing the profitability (2) defining and driving the selection of partners and of legal set-up, with support of the concerned function (3) setting up optimized financing schemes together with our Finance teams (4) ensuring together with the Account Management team that the customer Sales Map are understood and addressed (5) driving all the functions to positively differentiate from competition to optimize our GE selling value (6) drive deal approval through Deal Desk 2, Grid Solutions Management Meeting, Corporate Project Review Board and up to Corporate Memo preparation for the most complex deals
• Is accountable for the sound completion of any T&Cs analysis and related deviations, cash optimization, price schedule completion, integration of EHS and Security Plans, and assessment of financial securities with support from the concerned Functions
• Is accountable for the submission of any BAFO, negotiating and signing contracts with our customers in line with internal due validation process and Delegation of Authority.
• In close coordination with the Proposal Manager and Project Manager, drives the identification, qualification, and selection of consortium partners.
• Propose post-mortem analysis for key deals for continuous improvements of our solutions/ customer approach.
• Pro-actively organize return of experience from OTR teams to ITO teams, and ensures lessons learnt are duly considered by the GSI ITO teams.
• Provide feed-back of the customer and market needs received from the team when elaborating/presenting the proposals: technical gaps, commercial needs. Share winning arguments.
• Comply with Quality Procedures, work instructions and Processes. Report or resolve any non-conformances and process in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate EHS leadership.
• He/she is accountable for the full compliance with the Grid Solutions Tendering process, and associated gate reviews.
• He/she is accountable to comply with and enforce compliance of the GE Code of Ethics and EHS on all projects assigned to her/him.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.
• Extensive experience in a large international engineering projects environment, including proven experience in the successful management of complex tenders (or project) of medium to large scale, including sound understanding of commercial management and contract terms.
• Willingness to travel 40% plus.

• Expertise required in bid and tender management, operations, customer relationships, team management and development.
• Proven ability to lead contract negotiations with Customers in an international environment
• Strong knowledge of the Grid Solutions business & products and of EPC turnkey
• Operational rigor
• Strong business acumen, leadership, discipline in managing the day-to-day business
• Excellent communications skills
• Ability to work in international and matrix organizations.
• Team worker, strong motivator
• Ability to Make Decisions/Sense of Urgency
• English mandatory, mastering a second language is a plus.