Bid Manager Innovation

VER01123

Company Description

Verhaert Strategic Innovation is a business unit of the Verhaert Group specialising in developing better value propositions, acceleration & incubation of deeptech (e.g. by technology transfer, startups & scaleups), training & coaching (e.g. corporate intrapreneurial teams and venture teams) and providing access to funding. It has been active in space since 2013 and operates on a global scale with headquarters in Flanders. For our technology brokerage and venture accelerator programs we are looking for a bid manager to join our dynamic team and support our continuous growth.
Verhaert is a pioneering group helping our clients in entrepreneurship, research, development and innovation. We have roots that go back to 1969 and have 5 business units with 350 talented colleagues realizing an annual turnover of over 45M€. Working at Verhaert is working in an open and supportive culture, where people respect and help each other to grow and succeed.

Job Description

The Bid Manager is responsible for the development and coordination of complex multi-service budget proposal packages for our clients (EC, ESA, NATO, BELDEF, …) in response to Request for Proposals and Change in Scope Requests.
You will work with our teams to collect and process all necessary input for the development of budget proposals while respecting deadlines and managing multiple simultaneous projects. Alongside the development of study budget quotations and interactions with third party vendors, you will be in charge of developing commercial support documentation to further strengthen our proposals as part of our overall bid.
At the crossroads of our operational and commercial teams you combine technical insight with a client-oriented approach, you are solution-minded, detail-driven and you ensure creative and qualitative solutions.
You will interact with a range of internal and external partners and collaborate with a team of professionals dedicated to setting up budgets and other elements of proposal development.

Profile

What do you need to be successful?

University degree with at least 4 years of experience in proposal development and bid management for EU EC ESA … customers
Experience in developing and / or managing comprehensive proposals, preferably in technology, innovation, space …
Extensive and natural experience in and knowledge of
- Bid management, preparation, strategy, writing
- Strategy
- Budgeting
- Contract negotiation
- Public procurement
- Tender process
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with fluency in English
Last but not least, you can recognize yourself in the following characteristics:
- Result & deadline oriented
- Good organizational skills with ability to use own initiative
- Flexibility to cope with several tasks simultaneously to agreed deadlines
- Excellent time management skills