Bid Manager, Submarine Systems
Industry: Global Communication Infrastructure
Sector: Subsea Cable Systems
Department: Sales, Engineering
Location: Xtera UK Office, Harold Wood, London (Office presence preferred, but remote working is permissible)
Or; Xtera USA Office, Allen, TX (Remote working is permissible)
Reporting to the Head of Sales, this position is a bid manager for subsea cable systems, including turnkey systems (complete projects with marine services). Candidate will organize and coordinate a cross-functional in-house team (and including extensive use of third party suppliers and contractors) to create complete and professional responses to bids (tenders, RFPs, RFIs, quotes, informal business development requests), comprised of both technical and commercial content. Accuracy and quality are particularly important. Bids have a response deadline, often aggressive, with multiple bid responses typically happening in parallel.
Xtera is growing significantly year on year, and we are one of only a handful of companies in the world with the capability to deliver long-haul subsea systems. This industry has its origins in the 1850’s but the rapid growth in number and size of data centers world-wide and the rise of artificial intelligence makes this industry an exciting place to be for the foreseeable future.
REQUIREMENTS
- High level of organization and time management, with ability to multi-task
- Ability to function in a flat management structure organization, where staff have a high level of autonomy and are expected to work effectively without day-to-day management (i.e., a self-starter)
- Ability to organize and coordinate a cross-functional bid-response team and make the decisions needed to ensure the bids get out on time
- High proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including advanced functionality
- Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat
- Preferably some familiarity with optical transmission systems
- Ability to accommodate occasional travel, including international
- Technical degree (engineering preferred)
- Previous exposure to technical bid preparation (preferred)
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