Senior Bid Manager

Job description

**Location:** Bangalore, IN **Company:** Alstom Your future role Take on a new challenge and apply your expertise in tender management and strategic coordination in a cutting-edge field. You'll work alongside collaborative and dynamic teammates. You'll play a key role in driving the success of tendering activities by ensuring alignment with Alstom's business objectives and customer needs. Day-to-day, you'll work closely with cross-functional teams, including Tender Leaders, Sub-System Bid Managers, and support functions, while managing budgets, schedules, and compliance efforts, and much more. You'll specifically take care of coordinating internal activities to understand customer needs and promoting Alstom's portfolio, but also ensure the preparation and submission of comprehensive tender documentation. Well look to you for: - Coordinating pre-tendering activities to identify and influence customer specifications - Ensuring compliance with Alstom's rules, including ethics, safety, and quality standards - Collaborating with Tender Leaders to define bid strategies and operational plans - Managing tender teams and ensuring alignment with project objectives - Preparing and issuing Instructions for Quotations (IFQ) and compliance matrices - Optimizing Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD) targets and mitigating risks - Preparing customer-facing documentation, including technical descriptions and schedules - Maintaining traceable records of tender documentation and supporting contract negotiations - Contributing to continuous improvement through Win-Loss Analysis and lessons learned All about you We value passion and attitude over experience. That's why we don't expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we've listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role: - A degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field - Experience or understanding of tendering processes and project management - Knowledge of compliance standards, including quality and safety regulations - Familiarity with budgeting, risk management, and operational strategies - A Project Management certification (e.g., PMP or PRINCE2) is a plus - Strong analytical and organizational skills - Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities