Reporting to the Vice President of Programs, the Senior Proposal Manager is responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate response to customer RFQs. This entails processing the RFQ, analyzing the RFQ requirements and deadlines and allocating specific tasks to the business development team. The Senior Proposal Manager will be responsible to monitor all proposal activities (e.g., preparation of bills of materials, procurement cost estimates, labor cost estimates, manufacturing plans, etc.) to ensure that the bid will be submitted per the customer’s requirements. Further, the Senior Proposal Manager is responsible to calculate the selling prices using rate and financial data provided by the Finance department. For pricing of follow-on orders to existing contracts, the Senior Proposal Manager will request the appropriate data from the Program Business Manager sufficient to prepare the pricing requested by the customer. The pricing is passed to the Director of Business Development for review at the appropriate level within CPI
Essential Functions:
- · Establish and lead Proposal team including proposal administration, cost estimating and business development
- Manage the entire process of preparing a response to a customer request for proposal.
- Coordinate and direct the activities of the Business Development Team in order to ensure the flow of work meets the customer’s requirements in terms of schedule and quality expectations.
- Oversee the use of and access to the CPI ftp site and manages the Commercial and Government Quotes Log and to provide management reporting, as and when required.
- Maintains the weekly Business Development Activity Log in order to report progress on active bids.
Education/Experience:
- 15+ years’ experience
- Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in a field such as Business, Finance, Accounting, or Marketing, or Engineering, or have a minimum of five years performing work of a similar nature in an aerospace manufacturing environment.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $110,000.00 - $173,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Work Location: In person