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.
- 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;
