Tender Manager- Commercial Contracts- Iowa/Chicago (m/f/d)

Nordex Group•West Branch, IA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The role of Tender Manager directly supports the company’s mission to develop and deliver clean power plants that make 100% renewable energy a reality for the world. As the Tender Manager, you will be working together with the local Sales team representing the Project Management organization throughout the tender and contract negotiation process. Your focus will be on risk mitigation and negotiating project execution topics with customers, such as scheduling, logistic studies, and other contractual interfaces, etc. You will also provide support to management during the pre-tender process starting from evaluating/ assessing tenders, assessing risk factors to arrive at bid decisions, and performing cost calculations estimating all the required material, equipment, and manpower needs to be able to arrive at reliable cost estimates for bidding project.

Requirements

Bachelors or master’s degree in Sales engineering, project management, Business management, or other similar relevant experience.
5+ years of professional experience in comparable positions including full responsibility for multi-million-dollar contracts with strong commercial and financial knowledge.
Contract negotiation experience necessary (preferably in similar industries)
Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
Proactive, able to think critically and independently.
Motivated to find creative solutions to complex problems
Strong communication, coordination & people skills.
Professional and courteous demeanor.
Strong software skills including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Ability to travel 25% within USA, CAD and Germany.
Driver’s license required.
Ability to get a valid passport to travel to international locations not limited to but including Canada.
Demonstrate a strong understanding of and commitment to safety protocols and procedures.
Ensure compliance with all safety regulations and company policies.
Proactively identify and mitigate potential safety hazards.
Properly use applicable safety equipment, including but not limited to eye protection, hearing protectors, steel-toe boots, and hard hats. Loose-fitting clothes and jewelry are not permitted.
Communicate effectively with team members and management to ensure a safe working environment.
Speak and understand English fluently to effectively communicate safety and job-related information, follow safety instructions, and collaborate with English-speaking supervisors and team members.

Nice To Haves

Project management experience or experience working on a heavy construction a plus (preferably in the wind energy sector and/or in turnkey construction projects).

Responsibilities

Lead contract negotiations for PM related topics, virtually and in person with clients.
Provides risk identification, review and evaluation to the internal project review teams (Sales Gate Process) and ensure risk mitigation measures are implemented into the customer contract negotiations.
Provides cost calculations for supporting project execution schedules and related topics such as WTG installation, crane works,
Coordinate project schedules with internal planning, procurement and logistics teams
Provide in-depth project handovers to execution teams.
Support clients and BOP contractors with all PM related questions during the sales phase.
Represents the Nordex organization to our clients – creating a good relationship with the client and delivering customer satisfaction.
Other reasonably related duties as assigned