Proposal Manager
At a glance
Manager-level Revenue & Sales Operations role at KBR. Chennai · full-time.
Pay not stated
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What you'll do
- Lead proposals and pre-qualifications of varying sizes, while supporting directors on major pursuits
- Plan bid work, assign proposal activities, and move deliverables from kickoff through red-team review
- Shape win themes, strategies, budgets, and commercial content with business development and operations
- Write or edit persuasive proposal sections, then review complete bids before submission
- Coordinate inputs across KBR offices and prepare expressions of interest, pre-qualifications, and client presentations
What you bring
- An undergraduate degree in engineering, science, or a comparable discipline
- At least ten years across sales, engineering, construction, or operations in engineering and construction
- A strong grasp of proposal practice and international EPC business
- Hands-on experience managing and writing persuasive proposals
Who this fits
You’ll suit a proposal leader who can manage people in a matrix with limited supervision, including more senior colleagues. The role is based in Chennai and follows Houston office hours from 6:00pm to 2:00am. Expect occasional evening or weekend work when bids have tight deadlines.
From the employer
Title:
Proposal ManagerProposal Manager
The proposal manager is a key member of the proposals department and will be responsible for supporting the Manager of Proposals in ensuring that KBR continues to deliver the highest quality proposal documentation. The proposal manager forms part of the management team for all of our pursuits and works closely with sales (business development) and operations in ensuring we offer creative, client focused, and commercially astute proposals.
Responsibility
The proposal manager leads small/medium/large sized proposals and pre-qualifications and supports project directors and business development directors on major pursuits.
Work Pattern - To be aligned to the Houston office timings (6:00pm to 2:00am)
The proposal manager is responsible for:
- Proposal planning and co-ordination of proposal team activities. Assisting with the definition of proposal deliverables and facilitating their completion.
- Ensuring adherence to proposals procedures and providing guidance to others involved in proposal preparation processes (from kick-off to red team reviews)
- Ensuring proposals are responsive to ‘invitation to tender’ documents
- Developing proposal budgets with business development managers and proposal leaders
- Developing, coordinating and producing win themes and strategies – differentiating us from our competitors
- Writing individual sections of proposals or, for smaller proposals, the whole proposal
- Conducting reviews of bids prior to submission
- Supporting business development / operations in developing the commercial aspects of the bid
- Coordinating with other KBR offices for inputs and bid development
- Standing in for the senior manager of proposals in his absence
- Supporting the maintenance of data/information needed for the preparation of proposals
- Preparation of expressions of interest, pre-qualifications, client presentations and support on other sales and marketing activities
Experience
Skills will have been typically acquired through completion of an undergraduate degree in engineering, science or similar discipline and 10 or more years of combined experience (sales, engineering, construction or operations) in the engineering and construction industry.
Good understanding of proposal principles and international EPC business.
Experience in managing and writing persuasive proposals.
Experience in the hydrocarbons market would be advantageous.
Key Competencies
- Leadership and management - Performs assignments with light supervision and manages others in a matrix environment (including more senior individuals)
- Organisation - high degree of planning and organising skills as well as mature judgement
- Proactive and decisive – an individual that makes things happen and is always looking at what needs to be done in the future
- Writing skills – must be able to write proposal text with persuasive and compelling arguments / justification on why KBR
- Creativity – demonstrates creativity and foresight to develop innovative solutions to differentiate KBR from our competitors
- Interpersonal skills –by their nature bids require frequent interchange of information and interaction with others. The individual must be an excellent communicator and team player.
- Editing skills - must be able to review and edit work of others
- Deadlines – works well under pressure of tight deadlines
- Flexibility –Some evening or weekend work will be required on tight bid deadlines.
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