Bid Manager for Product Unit Giraffe xA

Do you want to be part of shaping our business and product offering? Are you motivated by working close to our businesses and have a problem-solving morale and desire for positive change? Do you have the ability to understand our products and business operations? We are looking for a performance-driven Bid Manager to be part of our Product Management & Business Solution team!

Your Role

As a Bid Manager, you are responsible for leading and coordinating the product offer creation, ensuring that all bids are compliant, well-structured, and aligned with both customer requirements and regulatory standards, while managing deviations and risks to maintain feasibility and profitability.

We are now searching for bid managers to be part of a bid team with competences in:

• Project Management
• Product Management
• ILS
• System Engineering

Your primary focus will be to prepare and deliver the total product offer from our Product Unit Giraffe xA and work on improving and facilitating our transformation to a more product-centric product offering.

Your main tasks and responsibilities will be as follows:

• To plan, compile and finalize the product offer for Giraffe xA
• To review the Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Information (RFI), etc.
• Identify and analyze deviations between customer requirements and Saab's principles and set requirements.
• To lead and coordinate the internal PU Giraffe xA bid work, including preparing the product offer with required quality (proposal structure, layout, etc.) and within bid budget and timeframe.
• To identify deviations from bid plan and bid budget and ensure the development and implementation of corrective actions if needed.
• To secure that every part of the response has been Export Control reviewed and Defense Secrecy reviewed.
• To manage risk and opportunity analysis associated with the product offer.
• To ensure that the sub product offers are harmonized.
• To ensure a consistent approach to product offer development, resulting in a Proposal Management Plan that addresses and involves bid stakeholders.
• To ensure the product offer is aligned with customer requirements and regulatory standards.
• To generate business value by implementing effective methods and business intelligence solutions that enhance operational efficiency and reduce lead times, in cooperation with Digital Transformation Office and Growth Transformation Office.
• To improve our tools, processes, and ways of working related to our product offering.

You will be part of a bid team and report to the Head of Product Management & Business Solution, where your business acumen, leadership, and strategic thinking will be invaluable.

Your Profile

You have a structured way of working and are driven by delivering on time and striving for success. You hold a university degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field. You have a business understanding and the ability to work with new ways of working to create new solutions. Your daily work requires you to align business understanding with system knowledge in order to achieve results. You share Saab's values and culture, thus serving as a promoter for Surveillance Together as one culture.

To qualify for the role, we see that you have very good knowledge regarding:

• Project management
• Cost calculation tools
• Communication and presentation skills, in both English and Swedish
• Risk management
• Classification and security management
• Collaborating cross-functionally through well-practiced communication and leadership skills
• Price calculations

Preferably, you also have knowledge of:

• Export control legislation and processes
• Product Unit Giraffe xA product portfolio
• Commercial terms and their aspects on the content
• Saab business plan and future priorities
• Drive - You thrive working in a fast-paced environment where different challenges could be presented every day that you will have to overcome.
• Trust - You have a strong leadership ability functioning as an aspiration to teach and present our work towards different stakeholders.

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around security protection. For positions requiring security clearance, additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

What You Will Be a Part Of

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Saab is a leading defense and security company with an enduring mission to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 26,100 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures, and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors, and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden and has major operations all over the world, being part of the domestic defense capability of several nations. Read more about us here (https://www.saab.com).

Please note that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.