Proposals Manager

**Job Title**:Proposals Manager**

**Location**:Baden, Switzerland***

**What will you do**:
The position of Proposal Manager will have a variety of responsibilities including, but not limited to:

- Understand customer requirements and follow-up regularly and promptly with customers during the acquisition and tender phase.
- Assume the lead for assigned tenders (proposals), incorporating inputs from interdisciplinary supporting teams consisting of engineering, project management, construction, legal, commercial and supply chain management.
- Review customer tender documents, both technical (specifications, reports, drawings, etc.) and commercial (terms & conditions, contract milestones etc.) to determine project requirements.
- Identify the required resources - both internal and external (i.e. suppliers and subcontractors) to ensure viability and the company’s capability to deliver the proposed solutions.
- Prepare and ensure on-time and complete technical and commercial tender submittal to the customer and manage the technical and commercial negotiations with customers.
- Responsible for the integration of supplier offers, risk evaluation and completeness of tender submission.
- Develop and maintain a network of customer and supplier contacts to support the increase of market knowledge and future business acquisition.
- Ensure company proposal tools are regularly updated and their usage maximized to support tender status visibility for senior Linxon management teams and to promote collaboration across global and regional HUB's.
- Produce detailed estimate (breakdown) of materials, equipment, and subcontract services required for job completion for internal approval and customer submission.
- Research problem areas to advance basic knowledge, evaluates and constantly looks to improve on current ways of working to solve specific problems.
- Work with Engineering team to review technical documents (specifications, reports, drawings, etc.) to determine customer requirements.
- Manage a programme/schedule for tender (proposals) preparations containing inputs from all functions status to senior management as required.
- Understand the legal and financial issues and consequences (tax, cash, FX, legal entity,), in close coordination with cost controller and legal to incorporate the agreed requirements within tender submissions.

**Experience Required**:

- In depth professional experience and knowledge of power systems, sales and tendering
- Experience of working with utility, renewables and transport customers as well as international EPC’s
- Good knowledge of AIS/GIS and HV/MV equipment
- Knowledge of local transmission network and industry standards / practices
- Previous experiences of working with transmission network customers.

**Competencies/ Skills Required**:

- Proficient in German and English (C2) and good communication skills.
- Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to work with cross-functional and cross-border teams as well as to cope with a flexible-load environment.
- A confident individual with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships across the business and at all levels of the organization whilst embracing cultural differences.
- Ensure personal compliance with Linxon Code of Conduct, Ethics and Corporate Governance.
- Careful attention to building safety into tender stage designs and execution plans.
- Motivated to take full ownership for tenders (proposals) similar to a project manager.

**What we offer**:

- Benefits: 25 days holiday entitlement + Statutory and public holidays + Additional 3 (three) days holiday
- Life Assurance and Career Progression
- We also have a brilliant smarter working policy, too. That means many of our office-based people and some of our site-based people are able to either work from home or as part of our hybrid model.
- When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon.

**About Linxon**:
**Our heritage**

**We bring together Hitachi Energy and SNC-Lavalin strengths**

We combine SNC-Lavalin’s project management expertise and Hitachi Energy’s industry leading technological knowledge into a company dedicated to substations. We deliver sustainable energy solutions and act as a true partner to facilitate the digital transformation for those who depend on consistent reliability.

**Our vision**

**We are the partner of choice for our customers for our comprehensive solution portfolio**

Linxon delivers the best market offer of EPC projects through world-class power technologies and the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure activities. We want to meet and exceed the expectations of our customers and partners whilst complying with the highest standards of quality, safety, efficiency and sustainability.

**Our purpose**

**We are building the infrastructure to power the world with carbon free energy**

Linxon is driving sustainability by building vital infrastructure for the energ