Project Manager & Bid Manager - German Speaker | Defense

Job Description

Location: Herstal

Sector: Defense

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 the good transition from the bid to the project phase and take part in the preparation, the organization and the validation of the project launch: 

• • Initialize the project: Identify the key stakeholders of the project, build the project team, shape the structuring activities, etc …
  • Manage the financial aspects of the acquisition strategy: « Make or Buy » strategy, consultation and negotiation with suppliers, contractualisation, execution and contract completing
  • Drive the project launch review involving all the stakeholders: Management of the project plan and associated documents (WBS, OBS, calendar, budget allocation…), industrial scenario, project chart, team chart

Implementation, control and management of the project:

• • Launch the work package
  • Manage the project and be accountable & respect the stakeholder commitments while managing the 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

Your Profile

Required level of studies and experience

• Engineer degree, with at least 5 years of experience minimum 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 plus

Knowledge and skills 

• You are autonomous and rigorous
• You are able to think out of the box
• You have strong spoken and written communication skills
• You are comfortable with technical documents writing
• 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 fluent in both German and English
• You are open to traveling on a regular basis
• The defense sector or the OEM’s knowledge is a major asset