UK CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE TYPE: UK-Security Check (SC)
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

COMPETENCY/SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Able to review, challenge, highlight issues and recommend improvements to proposal contributions
• Strong but collaborative individual with the confidence and integrity to earn internal stakeholders confidence
• Competent in the interpretation of tendering instructions
• Can recognise what is needed to create a complete and compliant submission
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Adept at problem-solving, able to develop solutions to a variety of very complex problems
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to engage effectively with all audiences/stakeholders
• Proactive team worker, equally self-motivated and able to work autonomously
• Highly-organised, adept at workload management, prioritising appropriately to meet deadlines under pressure
• Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Thrives in a dynamic and challenging environment
• Proficient MS Office and MS Project user
• Highly competent in PowerPoint and face-to-face presentation delivery
• Strong customer orientation
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• An engaging and ‘can do’ attitude, able to influence opinion and decisions

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Travel requirements: some national travel may be required to attend team and customer meetings and training activities. Occasional international travel may be required
• Clearance requirements: Must be able to gain and maintain UK Government clearances
• Must be able to work overtime and weekends as required
• Valid UK driving licence and passport holder

WHY JOIN US?

• Be part of our global team of 100,000 colleagues – The possibilities for your future career are only limited by your drive. Whether you’re looking for a hands-on internship or your next leadership position, we have career opportunities across the world. Northrop Grumman continues to expand and broaden our presence in global markets and strengthen our partnerships with local industry.
• A mission to believe in – Every day we contribute to building a more secure and connected world, expanding our reach from land, sea, and air to space and cyberspace. From engineering data and intelligence solutions, to developing maritime navigation and control systems and innovating command and control systems for the UK and NATO, what we do together matters.
• A place to belong and thrive – Every voice matters at our table meaning you can bring your authentic self to work. From our Employee Resource Groups backed by thousands of employees, to sponsoring Cheltenham Pride and our partnerships with Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers, Forces Transition Group, Mind, and Women in Defence – we are passionate about growing and supporting our inclusive community where everyone can belong.
• Your career, your way - Shape your career journey with diverse roles, mentorship, and development opportunities that fuel your curiosity, channel your expertise and nurture your passion. Looking for flexibility? Balance your professional career with your personal life, health and wellbeing benefits, discount schemes, pension benefits and investment in your future development. Speak to our team to find the balance that’s right for you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive the ultimate generation of a proposal, outlining the proposal structure as required by the Request For Proposal (RFP), setting the schedule and allocation of section / contribution responsibilities to the relevant subject matter expert
• Manage the proposal team contributions / inputs as appropriate to establish a competitive and ultimately market differentiating proposal
• Continuously monitor progress and content of inputs to ensure that the RFP requirements are being suitably answered, the content is of suitable quality and coherence across the submission
• Coordinate the collection and accumulation of cost, scheduling, and performance elements from all relevant functional departments
• Develop and own the internal stakeholder management process for each submission
• Research and analyse historical data and project experience to support proposal efforts
• Ensure compliance with the business acquisition process and internal company procedures
• Establish and develop the tools and techniques to continuously enhance the quality of our bid submissions, assessing market best practice and its applicability in order to support the evolution of our competitive bid approaches
• Manage the key in-process proposal submission reviews to ensure that our offer is suitably and independently reviewed and challenged to ensure it best represents our offer, our approach and our capabilities
• Ensure each proposal team benefits from previous lessons learnt and as such ensures that each submission is better than the last
• Provide clear and concise proposal status reports to all relevant internal stakeholder on a regular and suitable periodic basis
• Develop effective collaborations with the proposed industrial partners to ensure their contributions are suitably framed and contextualised in a manner consistent with the main submission

GENERAL OPERATIONAL DUTIES

• Attend Business Development and other functional department meetings as required
• Remain compliant with all applicable NGUKL / Command Media Processes and procedures