Stadler: Bid Manager Service

• Cross-location project management for sales projects in the Service Division
• Close co-operation with the vehicle sales team on tenders that take into account vehicle purchase and their long-term maintenance.
• Responsible for the preparation of customer quotations (in particular coordination of quotation team & work packages, quotation & time planning, progress checks, quality assurance of quotation documents)
• Analysing the contractual terms requested by the customer. Recognising the associated risks and proposing mitigation solutions by suggesting adjustments to the contractual terms.
• Cooperation with external service providers (consultants, lawyers, etc.)
• Preparation and active participation in sales meetings with management
• Collaboration on process optimisation

• Technical degree with further education (FH, equivalent, or higher)
• Experience in project management, team leadership and/or management responsibility is an advantage
• Core competences in business administration, commercial matters
• Strong ability to coordinate the various departments along the value chain and create harmonious interaction
• Team player
• Industry experience in the area of total solutions for complex services
• Understands maintenance concepts and knows how to apply them in the area of maintenance solutions for train fleets (or similar means of passenger transport)
• Has experience with service tenders and the awarding of contracts, understands their interrelationships and can recognise and assess risks
• Very good MS Office user skills
• Very good knowledge of German and English (written and spoken); business fluent
• Other languages of significant advantage
• Winning personality, independent, decisive and responsible
• Ability to come up with unconventional solutions
• High flexibility in terms of operational readiness, especially during the bid submission period
• Willingness to travel

Frederike Meyer
Recruiterin
phone +41 44 878 82 76

Stadler has been building trains for over 80 years. With our innovative strength, flexibility and reliability we are a leading manufacturer of rail vehicles today. In addition to our Swiss locations, around 13 000 employees work at several production and engineering sites and over 70 service locations in Europe, North America and North Africa.
Our passion for trains goes beyond building them. As a complete service provider and dedicated partner, we guarantee safety, availability and operation – because we want our customers to have very happy customers of their own. Join our team and help us shape the future of mobility!

As Bid Manager Service, you pursue the overarching goal of successfully selling maintenance contracts for rail vehicles worldwide. As Bid Manger for service sales projects, you will play a key role in the sales success of Stadler Service. In the assigned projects in various markets, you will coordinate and lead an interdisciplinary team with employees from the Stadler Group and from our worldwide maintenance locations. You will be responsible for preparing offers, coordinating the team, preparing and leading sales meetings with management.