Bids & Proposals Manager

1 Year ago • 10 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

Lead proposal generation activities from Pursue-No-Pursue (PnP) to contract award for all D&S Opportunities within the region. Collaborate with the capture team to produce executive summaries, commercial, past performance, technical, and management volumes that accurately reflect the proposed solution and winning strategy for complex bids. Responsibilities include leading proposal activities, establishing schedules, reviewing RFIs/RFPs, defining bid strategies, assisting with Price to Win and Design to Cost targets, preparing presentations, ensuring consistency, validating estimates, identifying risks, preparing and challenging program schedules, determining workshare, interfacing with customers, conducting peer reviews, defining future bid strategies, investigating process improvements, and mentoring other bid managers. Requires a Bachelor's Degree in a technical domain or equivalent experience, minimum 10 years of relevant experience in a high-tech industry, and previous government proposal writing experience.
Must have:
  • Lead proposal activities for Defense and Security (D&S)
  • Establish and communicate Proposal Schedule
  • Review customer RFI and RFP
  • Define bid strategy
  • Prepare and deliver presentations
  • Ensure commonality, consistency, and reuse
  • Prepare Basis of Estimate (BoE)
  • Identify and mitigate program risks
  • Prepare and challenge program schedules
  • Interface directly with customer
  • Peer Review of estimated costs
  • Bachelor’s Degree in technical domain or equivalent experience
  • Minimum 10 years of relevant experience
  • Previous experience in government proposal writing
  • Good organizational skills and business acumen
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity, customer focused
  • Excellent decision making and negotiation skills
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines
  • Results-oriented
Good to have:
  • APMP or PMP certification
  • Previous experience with Salesforce
  • Bilingualism (French and English)
  • Eligibility to work in Canada
  • Ability to hold Canadian Security Clearance
Perks:
  • An environment where initiatives are recognized and valued
  • Opportunity to work on various projects
  • Possibility to work from home occasionally
  • Flexible schedules
  • Attractive employee benefits

Job Details

About This Role

                                                                                                         

Position Overview

Lead the entire proposal generation activities between Pursue-No-Pursue (PnP) and Contract Award for all D&S Opportunities within the region. In collaboration with the rest of the capture team, produce and ensure that the executive summary, commercial, past performance, technical and management volumes that accurately reflect the proposed solution and winning strategy for bids that offers typically highly complex solutions and governance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Lead Proposal activities for Defense and Security (D&S) by providing leadership and guidance to deliver winning proposals on time and on budget
  • Establish and communicate Proposal Schedule with clear milestones and assignees to ensure on-time delivery
  • Review customer Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposals (RFP) to extract winning themes and identify CAE discriminators that will increase the probability of win
  • Define bid strategy to address customer requirements in the most cost-effective manner, while leveraging CAE core technologies and off the shelf products
  • In collaboration with Business Development/Sales and Pricing, help define Price to Win (PTW)
  • In collaboration with Engineering, derive Design to Cost (DTC) targets for each module / system / service and communicate the challenge to the organization
  • Prepare and deliver presentations to upper management
  • Ensure commonality, consistency, and reuse across bids
  • Prepare Basis of Estimate (BoE) and comparable to validate estimated costs
  • Ensure program risks are identified, quantified, and recommend mitigation plans
  • In collaboration with Program Management (PM), prepare and challenge program schedules
  • Determine and validate workshare allocation between CAE sites when working on joint Intercompany proposals
  • Interface directly and indirectly with customer to review/present/negotiate the proposal content
  • Peer Review of estimated costs and proposal deliverables
  • Define mid to long term strategies for future bids including outsourcing, offshoring & partnership opportunities
  • Investigate tools and process changes to improve proposal accuracy & efficiency
  • As a senior Bid & Proposal manager, provide mentorship and guidance to other bid managers

Required Competencies & Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a technical domain or equivalent experience, combined with previous experience/exposure to military aircraft, naval vessels, tactical system, synthetic environment, and modelling & simulation
  • Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in a high-tech industry
  • Previous experience in government proposal writing
  • Good organizational skills and business acumen
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity, customer focused, with excellent decision making and negotiation skills
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines
  • Results-oriented
  • Professional certification APMP or PMP is an asset
  • Previous experience with Salesforce an asset
  • Bilingualism (French and English) is an asset
  • Eligibility to work in Canada either as a Canadian Citizen, a Permanent Resident or with a valid Work Permit
  • Be able to hold a Canadian Security Clearance & Controlled Good Clearance

CAE offers: 

  • An environment where your initiatives will be recognized and valued  
  • The opportunity to work on a variety of projects on a multidisciplinary team  
  • The possibility to work from home occasionally  
  • Flexible schedules  
  • Attractive employee benefits 

About CAE

At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, cabin crew, airlines, and defence and security forces to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators as well as training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.

Read our Read our FY24 Global Annual Activity and Sustainability Report.

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Position Type                       

Regular

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender indentity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by local laws.

If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the job posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process.  If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at CAECarrieres-Careers@cae.com

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About The Company

At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, airlines, defence and security forces to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries.


CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight, mission simulators and training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.

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