Tender Engineer at Schneider Electric Nigeria

Job Description

• A you a Bid Manager/Tender Engineer/Proposal Specialist?
• We are currently seeking a talented Tender Engineer/Bid Manager/Proposal Specialist to support our Control & Safety and Telemetry business streams within the Process Automation (PA) business unit in our Lagos office.
• Working as part of the Customer Success Team, the Tender Engineer holds a critical position within the Northern Europe & Sub Saharan Africa ( NESSA ) Hub and will have the proven ability to analyse outline scope requests as well as complex RFQs and prepare costing and offer documentation consistent with bid strategy.
• The Tender Engineer will have accountability for all technical, financial and commercial content, managing contributing resources to meet tight deadlines to develop a winning bid aligned to an agreed strategy.

Principle Accountabilities

• Manage a multiple workload to meet required deadlines
• Own the total response for all assigned PQQ’s, quote and tender submissions  
• Analyse RFQ, formulate bid plan, engage required resources and manage contributor deadlines
• Prepare costs and offer documentation in line with process and business tools
• Ensure compliance with SE company and local business standards and procedures  
• Support the Opportunity Leader during customer negotiations, as required
• Engage with internal departments to allow timely quote handover, post order receipt
• Report against assigned workload, highlighting issues and actions taken to resolve  
• Willing to perform additional duties, as required, to support the Tendering function.

Role Requirements

• Preferred University degree-Engineering / Business related
• 5 years experience in similar field with technical know-how in engineering with a plus for electrical background
• Proven experience within a Technical Tendering role coupled with good knowledge of project execution and management.
• Good working knowledge of DCS / Safety / PLC / Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) applications.
• IT literate with good working knowledge of common MS Office applications in addition to  MS Teams and Planner and Sharepoint.