Bid Management specialist

Description:

Nokia is a global leader in the technologies that connect people and things. With state-of-the-art software, hardware and services for any type of network, Nokia is uniquely positioned to help communication service providers, governments, and large enterprises deliver on the promise of 5G, the Cloud and the Internet of Things.

Serving customers in over 100 countries, our research scientists and engineers continue to invent and accelerate new technologies that will increasingly transform the way people and things communicate and connect.

Bid Manager

Mission:

The Bid Manager (BM) is responsible to manage and coordinate the creation of the solution proposal as bid project managers ensuring that Nokia NETWORK value proposition, the commercial, service and technical parts are optimized, timely delivered and of good quality. He provides a professional end-to-end bid/proposal management service to produce quality proposal documents prepared in response to typically, complex, high-value, high risk formal RFP/RFQ/RFIs. He takes ownership for those phases of the Nokia SELL process under his/her responsibility (from G3 Bid / No Bid to G6 Start Delivery ) and leads the bid team, coordinating all bid activity supported by applicable processes and procedures. He ensures that proposals are produced on time and with a common look and feel which reflects the Nokia image & corporate standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Bid Manager is overall responsible for managing the bid and coordinating activities from G3 until G6 to ensure offer readiness on time, in line with the Nokia Sales Process and at the right quality level

Assembles the bid team, defines the work-split and bid plan, and acts as the main interface to presales teams in the BG s

Prepares and shares all bid documents and templates in line with customer requirements (bid directive, Solution Sign-Off, Offer Strategy, LoA template, PTA template, etc.)

Contributes to the development and communication of the bid strategy to the bid team

Drives key meetings such as pre-kick-off, kick-off meetings, offer strategy, solution sign-off and offer review meetings

Handles customer Q&A process

Drives bid preparation and ensures keeping the schedule with regular status meetings

Collects input from specialists to perform the end-to-end risk assessment

Supports in preparing and organizing bid approval process through the coordination of LoA template input and facilitation of LoA level E approvals

Assembles the bid and assures consistency in overall bid, price and claim strategy

Drives documents review, handlesand stores bid documents

Supports in coordination during contract negotiation and G5/contract approval

Ensures handover to project management/delivery at G6 using PTA template

Leads Bid debriefing session after bid project conclusion

Participates in war rooms, customer offer clarification and offer defence as requested by CT s

Skills and Knowledge:

Global understanding of the Telecom industry (with regards to terminology, practices, concepts, requirements, competition and regulatory environment);

Awareness of the major technologies & applications used in the industry as well as of the Nokia Portfolio offering (products, solutions and service);

Strong project management skills and good understanding of BM job and tools needed for documenting his/her activities (i.e. CRM tools, responsibility matrix, project schedule, BBT, CSP, NPT, etc.), bid team motivation, delegation (when organizing the bid team), control of schedule milestones, aligning all the stakeholders, volumes of work, deadlines, etc.

Proactive, responsible, result oriented

Good relationship and communication skills with the ability to work with and lead multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural and virtual teams

Ability to work under pressure to deliver results and meet deadlines

Successful experience in presales is a plus

Fluent in English (language to adapt depending on Market to support)

Qualifications:

Graduate in Engineering Telecommunications /MBA preferred

Having 6-10 Years of relevant experience

Job: fNokia Product/System Marketing (MSD)

Primary Location: Europe, Middle East, Africa-Egypt-Cairo

Req ID: 1700000C1E