Senior Bid Strategy Manager

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

Job Description

Do you want to shape the future?

We are offering an exciting opportunity as Senior Bid Strategy Manager to play a significant and impactful role in paving the way for Vattenfall, its customers and partners towards a fossil free future!

As Senior Bid Strategy Manager, you will be responsible for developing and executing a winning strategy for Vattenfall in major international auctions for offshore wind energy projects. This is a highly strategic role that requires you to understand the offshore wind playing field (market dynamics, trends, competition, tender criteria) along with Vattenfall’s business strategy and key capabilities in order to create industry-leading strategies that position Vattenfall at the forefront of the global energy transition.

Join our journey towards Fossil Free Living within one generation.   

The Business Area Wind is responsible for Vattenfall’s onshore and offshore wind development, construction and operation as well as other non-hydro renewable activities like solar, PV and batteries. Our offshore business is amongst the top three players in our North-Western European core markets, and we are currently constructing the world’s first subsidy free offshore site. Our offshore portfolio consists of 2,5 GW installed capacity and 1.9 GW under construction. It is our clear ambition to continue and even accelerate our strong growth in the future and help Vattenfall succeed in its mission to make fossil free living possible within one generation.

 What will you do?

You will be part of the Bid Strategy Team which is part of Project Pipeline and Offshore Development within the Business Unit Offshore Wind. The main target of the Bid Strategy team is to secure development rights and/or support for offshore wind farms in international auctions. This is done by developing and executing winning strategies that position Vattenfall ahead of its competition in order to win major international projects. The offshore wind market has become increasingly competitive, and in many countries, tender criteria are advanced, focusing on elements such as sustainability, ecology and system integration. This requires an increased focus on  strategic thinking and a cross-functional approach order to develop winning bid strategies.

Your role as a Senior Bid Strategy Manager is to develop, drive and deliver winning bid strategies in the auctions for offshore wind farms. This is a highly impactful role where you will work across projects and across countries, focusing on:

• Developing winning bid strategies for multi-gigawatt wind projects through analyses of tender frameworks, competition and requirements to win alongside Vattenfall’s capabilities and overarching business strategy
• Identifying and mobilizing key technical, commercial and business stakeholders for executing on the bid strategy
• Aligning and obtaining support from senior management, specifically around the bid strategy and why/how it is a winning approach
• Functionally managing a multi-disciplinary team under strict timelines towards a winning deliverable
• Contracting and managing key support for the bid
• Taking full responsibility for the end deliverable: a high quality bid strategy and subsequent winning bid
• Preparing and presenting decision material for senior management meetings

Location  
The work location will be Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Traveling in Northern Europe to various Vattenfall locations should be expected on a regular basis, approx. 4 days per months.

Qualifications

For succeeding in this role, you bring a background in strategy or management consulting, strong commercial acumen, communication skills and passion for the energy transition

• You are an “allrounder”: you have a passion for strategy and an analytical mindset that allows you to make sense of complex and sometimes contradictory information to creatively solve problems.
• You enjoy taking leadership and present to senior management. You know how to pitch a convincing story.
• You are collaborative and a natural team player that thrives under pressure and in cross functional environments.
• You have a proven background in strategy and/or management consulting and are competent analyzing market trends, competitor information and tender requirements to understand the “big picture” of what is required to win projects, as well as how this fits to overall business strategies and capabilities of Vattenfall. Importantly, you are not afraid to think differently, and think big (as this is what it takes to win)!
• You work effectively with partners and relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people and gain trust through honesty and integrity.
• You have the ability to anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders and develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences, including to senior management. 
• You are action-oriented and consistently set goals for yourself and take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense high energy and enthusiasm.

As our new Senior Bid Strategy Manager you have a passion for strategy and thrive in a competitive environment where you can have a significant impact on the energy transition. You have excellent interpersonal skills and are a natural leader and team player, who actively engages people by asking, sharing and helping.

Furthermore, you have:

• Academic degree in Economics, Business Administration, Engineering or similar
• Minimum 10 years of professional work experience in strategy / management consulting / strategic roles, preferably with experience in the (renewable) energy sector
• A career that has exposed you to topics that are at the intersection of strategic, commercial, regulatory and technical disciplines
• Strong commercial acumen, understanding of project business cases and key drivers (CAPEX, OPEX, REVENUES) and interplay with strategic choices
• Experience engaging and working closely with the C-suite and senior management
• Very strong communication, presentation and people skills
• Advanced user expertise in MS Office
• Experience in project management and interest in developing in project management and as a leader
• International and cross-cultural interest and experience
• Excellent Communication skills in English both verbally and written, additional language skills in Dutch is an advantage

Additional Information

Our offer 
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development. 

More Information 
We welcome your application in English (including CV and cover letter, showing your motivation), and kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website due to GDPR. We review all applications on an ongoing basis. However, last day for application is the 15th of June. Therefore, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Antje Niklas Rehn via mail: [email protected] 

Since Vattenfall is a Swedish state owned company and part of the Swedish critical infrastructure many of our positions are security classed. For this position the final candidate will be subject to pre-employment screening process.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. 
 
We look forward to receiving your application!