We are currently seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to develop complete quote proposals, specializing in both firetube and watertube boiler, superheater, and economizer products, within the B&W Chanute organization. The Proposal Manager reports to the Project Developer and may also support requests from our other B&W entities. The Proposal Manager is responsible for the development, research, cost/price development, and definition of scope for quote opportunities based on customer requests. This role requires interaction with customers and vendors through multiple communication interfaces including, email, phone, and/or customer specific message boards.
Responsibilities
- Determine complete scope of customer request from both internal or external customers
- Research original contracts, aftermarket contracts, engineering resources, and technical standards to determine the specifics of scope that should be offered
- Work with engineering to develop new designs to satisfy the customers requirements.
- Formalize complete description for scope being offered and identify most effective manufacturing facility.
- Determine total cost, price, and lead time for identified scope, which may be accomplished via resources available in supply chain management, transportation, graphics, engineering, estimating, pricing, and/or order management group or resources available within the Product Support group
- Follow up with required groups and utilize routing system to track and expedite quote completion
- Maintain quote ownership and can work on multiple quotes simultaneously while managing workload priority
- Final review before quote is submitted to customer
- Primary point of contact for follow up questions (including technical) from various internal and external customers
Skills Required
- Experience developing complete quote proposals for boiler or related industrial equipment products
What We Do
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is an American power generation company.
