F35 Commercial Bid Lead-Production

Job Description

Job title: F35 Commercial Bid Lead-Production

Location: Samlesbury

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £54,793+ Dependent of skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Manage development of proposals in response to Customer requirements, usually expressed as an Request for Proposal (RFP)
• Co-ordinate review of the Customer RFP, identifying all requirements
• Integrate with the extended BAE Systems team to develop a compliance matrix for RFP requirements and track these during response development and submission
• Lead identification of resource requirements applicable to bid development and contract delivery
• Establish a bid Schedule and monitoring process to bid submission
• Integrate with the extended BAE Systems internal stakeholder organisations to develop the bid solution. Including but not limited to: Production delivery, Supply Chain delivery, Project Management, Commercial Contracts, Estimating, Legal, Engineering, and Export Control
• Lead project control for bid development and where required any pre-contract advance funding requirements

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Experience with bids and proposals. A capability to integrate multiple functions in a Business winning/Bid development environment
• Broad understanding of project management principles, concepts, practices and standards is required
• Technically competent with core Business software programs, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate subject or HNC/equivalent and substantial relevant experience

Desirable

• US Customer and/or Aerospace experience

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The F35 Commercial Bid team:

The role reports into the US Programmes (USP) Strategic Bid Programme Manager. The role purpose is to manage bids and proposals for Production scope being delivered to a US Customer. This is an exciting opportunity to broaden existing Aerospace bid experience or to transfer bid experience into an Aerospace environment with a US Customer. You will join a team of 5 likeminded professional who strive for best practice.

As a member of a wider USP Production team this role will also flexibly support other team members, providing insight and awareness of the delivery business. The role is also within a wider BAE Systems Project Management function, providing significant opportunity for development and progression.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 30th July 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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