Senior Bid Manager / Responsable Offres Senior (H/F)

We create smart innovations to meet the mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. We design and manufacture a complete range of transportation systems, from high-speed trains to electric buses and driverless trains, as well as infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a truly global community of more than 75 000 people dedicated to solving real-world mobility challenges and achieving international projects with sustainable local impact.

As Bid Manager, you will lead signalling bids delivery for France & Export markets.

Alstom signalling solutions cover the design and supply of train control, traffic supervision and regulation, as well as telecommunication systems for Urban (metro, tramway, monorail) or Mainline (regional or high-speed lines) applications.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Lead and develop, in very close collaboration with the Tender Leader and the Customer Director, the winning strategy & the winning roadmap.
• Coordinate all teams contributing to tender preparation (engineering, legal, finance, operations etc.) to build a winning proposal, robust technical and costs commitments, in a timely manner and within the defined tender budget.
• Implement Alstom bids preparation processes from tender launch to internal bid validation & official submission.
• Regularly and efficiently update internal stakeholders, including top management for critical bids, or partners.
• Participate to contract negotiations and signature.
• Contribute to Return of Experience (REX) through the Win-Loss Analysis.
• Prepare the project and support the Project Manager in the first project review.

Your profile:

• Engineering degree level or Master's degree (or equivalent) in Sales, Business Administration or a related discipline.
  • You are willing to evolve in a technological environment and you are interested in systems engineering.
  • You have minimum 5 years of successful experience in Project or Bid management.
  • You enjoy working on short term projects with tight deadlines and requiring the coordination of multiple contributors.
  • You have demonstrated transverse management skills in a technical environment as well as a strong ability to interface with Solution leaders, Sales, Engineering teams and Customers.
  • You are willing to lead decisions based on the identification of cost & optimization drivers and you are ready to report progress to the top-management (C-level).
  • You see quality processes as a lever.
  • You are customer, team & results oriented.

English is a must.

The role is base in Saint-Ouen.

In this mission, you will develop an in-depth knowledge of Alstom solutions & processes as long as advanced capabilities to coordinate a large number of contributors from all metiers. This mission opens various and numerous perspectives of evolution such as operations / project management roles or commercial roles in France or at international level.

An agile, inclusive and responsible culture is the foundation of our company where diverse people are offered excellent opportunities to grow, learn and advance in their careers. We are committed to encouraging our employees to reach their full potential, while valuing and respecting them as individuals.