Senior Bid Manager

<h3>Company Description</h3><p>Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. </p><h3>Job Description</h3><p><strong>Do you want to shape the future?</strong></p><p>We are offering an exciting opportunity as <strong>Senior Bid Manager </strong>to be an important part in paving the way for Vattenfall and its customers and partners towards a fossil free future!</p><p>As <strong>Senior Bid Manager </strong>you will be responsible for developing, driving and delivering high quality bids in international auctions for offshore wind projects.</p><p><strong>Join our journey towards Fossil Free Living within one generation.   </strong></p><p>The Business Area Wind is responsible for Vattenfall’s onshore and offshore wind development, construction and operation as well as other non-hydro renewable activities like solar, PV and batteries. Our offshore business is amongst the top three players in our North-Western European core markets, and we are currently constructing the world’s first subsidy free offshore site. Our offshore portfolio consists of 2,5 GW installed capacity and 1.9 GW under construction. It is our clear ambition to continue and even accelerate our strong growth in the future and help Vattenfall succeed in its mission to make fossil free living possible within one generation.</p><p><strong> What will you do?</strong></p><p>You will</p><p>be part of the Bid Strategy Team which is part of Project Pipeline and Offshore Development within the Business Unit Offshore Wind. The main target of the Bid Strategy team is to secure development rights and/or support for offshore wind farms in international auctions. The offshore wind market has become increasingly competitive which also requires an increased focus on developing and executing a winning strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Your role as a Bid Manager is to develop, drive and deliver high quality bids in the auctions for offshore wind farms. In this role, you will work across projects and across countries and focus on:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Drafting the bid strategy through analyses of the tender framework, competition and what it takes to win</li><li>Identifying and mobilizing key stakeholder for executing on the bid strategy</li><li>Aligning and obtaining support from senior management</li><li>Functionally managing a multi-disciplinary team under strict timelines towards a winning deliverable</li><li>Contracting and managing key support for the bid</li><li>Taking full responsibility for the end deliverable: a high quality bid</li><li>Preparing and presenting decision material for senior management meetings</li></ul><p><strong>Location  </strong><br/> The work location can be Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Hamburg in Germany, London in UK, Stockholm in Sweden or Kolding in Denmark. Traveling in Northern Europe to various Vattenfall locations should be expected on a regular basis, approx. 4 days per months.</p><h3>Qualifications</h3><p><strong>For succeeding in this role, you bring commercial driven, strategic thinking and passionate communication</strong></p><p>You have an excellent understanding of offshore project value drivers, risks and our competitive position. You have a strategic and analytical mindset that allows you making sense of complex and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. You are curious to identify key trends and you have the ability seeing ahead future possibilities and translate them into breakthrough strategies. You are collaborative and can build partnerships. You work effectively with others to meet shared objectives. You relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people and gain confidence and trust through honesty and integrity. You have the ability to anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders and you can develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. You are action-oriented and consistently set goals for yourself and take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense high energy and enthusiasm.</p><p>As our new <strong>Senior Offshore Wind Business Developer</strong> you have a passion for sustainability and an entrepreneurial spirit. You have excellent interpersonal skills and are a natural leader and team player, who actively engages people by asking, sharing and helping.</p><p>Furthermore, you have:</p><ul><li>Academic degree in Economics, Business Administration, Engineering or similar</li><li>Minimum 10 years of pro