Group Leader Sales Engineering / Bid Manager

As a Bid Manager you will be responsible for managing the complete bid lifecycle and ensuring the delivery of competitive, customer-focused proposals.

Your responsibilities include:

• Taking ownership of the full bid process, from opportunity handover through final proposal submission.

• Defining winning bid strategies and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.

• Leading customer-facing design and proposal meetings.

• Managing proposal planning, review cycles, risks, and key milestones.

• Ensuring proposals meet customer requirements and internal governance standards.

• Clearly articulating Vanderlande's value proposition and competitive advantages.

• Facilitating bid reviews and decision-making sessions.

• Driving continuous improvements in bid processes, templates, and content.

• Providing management with regular updates on progress, opportunities, and risks.
   

• A natural leader who motivates and develops people.

• Customer-focused and commercially driven.

• Structured, organized, and able to perform under pressure.

• Analytical, proactive, and solution-oriented.

• A strong communicator who easily connects people and teams.

• Comfortable working in an international and fast-paced environment.