Bid & Proposal Manager (m/f/d) HVDC

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a pioneering technology leader that is helping to increase access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. We help to power your home, keep the factories running, and our hospitals and schools open. Come as you are and prepare to get better as you learn from others. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and plug into a team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation

“As HVDC Bid & Proposal Manager you will be an important member in a committed team of people with great experience and competence in several areas within HVDC. In our multi-cultural organization, built on team spirit and cooperation, you will have a great deal of responsibility and develop both professionally and personally.” – Samira Abbasinejad, Head of Bid & Proposal, Europe As a Bid & Proposal Manager (m/f/d) you will be working with our important tenders for HVDC in Europe. You will be part of the product group HVDC within the Hitachi ABB Power Grids, based in Mannheim. The HVDC technology has been on the market for the past 60 years and is used to transmit power over long distances with minimal losses, using overhead lines, underground and submarine cable systems. Please find out more about our world leading technology at https://www.hitachiabb-powergrids.com/offering/product-and-system/hvdc.

Your responsibilities

• You should like to grow with the challenge that comes with the sales of complex large projects
• You should be enticed by working with tenders in a high performing international environment
• Our projects have extensive international coverage, which means that you will have frequent contacts with colleagues as well as clients in other countries
• Your task will be to craft and assure that our bid strategy for a specific project is implemented and fulfilled, that our client relations are managed and ultimately that the total offering is consolidated and conveyed
• You will be working closely with the business unit Grid Systems’ global sales team and be responsible for managing the entire bid process with the ultimate aim to present the offer to the end client
• You will be leading a Bid & Proposal team (technical leadership) of technical, legal, tax, insurance and commercial experts in digesting and translating client requirements and needs into a competitive overall solution based on the Hitachi ABB Power grids portfolio
• You are to be living Hitachi ABB Power Grids core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business

Your background

• Vast experience of project/and or tender management of complex large-scale projects and large-scale system sales and tendering
• You are communicative and outgoing, especially since the position entails interaction with a wide variety of stakeholders, both internal and external across all organizational levels
• Technical and commercial experience of HVDC systems or similar, is an advantage as you will be working with HVDC
• You enjoy working in teams in a high demand environment and are used to dealing with international business clients
• You are used to handle many tasks simultaneously and to work structured and methodically
• Fluency in English and German, both written and spoken, is required

More about us

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a global technology leader with a combined heritage of almost 250 years, employing around 36,000 people in 90 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, the business serves utility, industry and infrastructure customers across the value chain, and emerging areas like sustainable mobility, smart cities, energy storage and data centres. With a proven track record, global footprint and unparalleled installed base, Hitachi ABB Power Grids balances social, environmental and economic values, and is committed to powering good for a sustainable energy future, with pioneering and digital technologies, as the partner of choice for enabling a stronger, smarter and greener grid. www.hitachiabb-powergrids.com
ABB Power Grids Germany AG Hannah Schütz

2021-08-31