Bid & Project Manager

Lieu : Herstal, Belgium

Main Responsibilities:

• Bid manager, act as the key element in the bid preparation, bring support and contribution for the bid negotiation with the client:

• Define the initial project baseline based on a viable solution and a clear project structure in order to provide the best solution for the customer requirements, and aligned with the business segment strategy.

• Launch the solution direction and plan the upcoming project.

• Build, challenge and validate the bid proposal taking into consideration stakeholders’ inputs and commitments. Manage the risks and the opportunities of the future project.

• Define the main delivery and acceptable milestones, consolidate the costs and validate the global project toolkit in the bid phase, basing it on the initial project toolkit.

• Project manager:

• Ensure that the transition from the bid to the project phase is properly managed and lead the project launch.

• Initialize the project: Identify the key stakeholders of the project, build a team, shape the structuring activities, define the project milestones and establish governance.

• For each work package, manage the financial aspects of the acquisition strategy: «Make or Buy» strategy.

• Manage the project plan and associated documents (WBS, OBS, calendar, budget allocation…), industrial scenario, project chart, team chart…

Implementation, control and management of the project:

• Manage the project and be accountable, ensuring that we respect the stakeholder commitments while managing risks and opportunities.
• Master the requirements, the deadlines and the financial aspects during all the project duration
• Be in charge of the project quality, the clients and global satisfaction of the stakeholders
• Manage the legal and contractual obligations and master the litigations
• Carry out the reporting, the projects and the phase review meetings.

Finalize the project (document archiving, expenses permission closing) while capitalizing and sharing about lessons learned.

Profile:

Required level of studies and experience

• Master degree, with at least 5 years of experience in project management in a high-tech and demanding environment;
• Experience in an international company;
• Having experience in the military and/or aerospace fields is a valuable asset;

Knowledge and skills

• You are autonomous and rigorous;
• You are able to think out of the box;
• Your leadership skills are evident, as you guide the team towards our shared objectives;
• You have strong spoken and written communication skills;
• Working without following a step-by-step procedure is something you are comfortable with;
• You are able to work inside matrix teams and you are a real team-player;
• You always challenge yourself in order to bring new ideas and new skills in your day-to-day job;
• You are proficient in both French and English (both speaking and writing).
• Traveling regularly (< 15%) is something you are open to;