Proposals Manager Stoke-on-Trent, England
Job description
Company Description
Our Commitment
At Veolia Water Technologies, we encourage an entrepreneurial spirit, empowering our employees to make their own decisions to support the continued growth of our business and make a real difference. We are looking for like-minded people who can share our passion for success.
Veolia Water Technologies (VWT) provides complete solutions for water treatment. Innovating in key areas such as sustainable development, resource, and by-product recovery, our differentiating water treatment processes enable us to offer solutions suited to every application. Veolia Environment is the worldwide reference in environmental solutions.
The company has operations all around the world and provides tailored solutions to meet the needs of municipal and industrial customers in three complementary segments: water management, waste management, and energy management.
SOLYS is a Techno business unit of Veolia Water Technologies, specialising in:
- Standard product design, development, industrialization, standardisation
- Manufacturing of skid-mounted systems, containerized units, and packaged plants
- Strategic components based on Veolia technologies and patents
- Full Supply chain management with logistics activity to support our Partners
Our Business unit includes several manufacturing and logistics workshops and supply chain platforms in Europe and China.
You will be based at our Stoke- on-Trent site.
Job Description
The Job
The Proposals Manager will be in charge during the proposal, configuration , and contract initiation phase for our standard and specific equipment sales.
We are looking for our new Proposals Manager for our flagship Orion product, also for our Sensa, and IonPro LX products.
Responsibilities include;
- Participates at the offering stage and supervises contracts and coordinates activities between departments including Business Development, Product Management, Technical department procurement, contract manager, manufacturing and quality control as well as suppliers and vendors.
- Preparing new project proposals in conjunction with the business development team.
- First point of contact for customers during project execution until final acceptance.
- Organising a “Kick-off” to hand over a new contract from business development to Project execution.
Qualifications
The Person
- Proven experience as a design engineer in water treatment is required to have the right technical level.
- Educational background: Industrial Technical Engineering certificate or similar.
- Bachelor or master's degree in scientific matters e.g Chemistry and/or chemical engineering.
- Experience in managing projects within water treatment.
- Strong problem-solving skills, working through needs logically and methodically.
- The ability to build strong working relationships with all departments is essential.
Additional Information
What are the benefits for me?
- Competitive salary
- Bonus
- Hybrid working
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Laptop/Mobile Phone
- An enhanced employer pension contribution scheme
- Access to our benefits portal with 1000's of high street, online, supermarket, cinema, travel, and many more discounts.
- Long service awards when you reach key milestones.
- The opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking collaborative team who will focus on your future career and development.
Here at Veolia Water Technologies, we know that some applicants don't apply unless they think they tick all the boxes - but we are saying don't worry! We would much rather see your application than risk missing out on your potential! We know our strength comes from our differences and shared life experiences so we are committed to offering a safe work environment, where individuals are respected. We’re proud to be known as an equal opportunities employer, so no matter their age, gender, gender expression, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexuality or veteran status, every applicant who meets the minimum requirements will be considered fully.
As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.
