Bid Manager

Role Purpose

To establish centralized proposal-to-order governance by driving techno-commercial validation, bid governance, margin protection, and cross-functional alignment across strategic opportunities, ensuring reduction in revenue leakages, commercial exposure, and execution-stage escalations.

Location: Airoli, Navi Mumbai

Work Mode: Work from office, 5 day week

Key Responsibilities

Bid & Proposal Governance

• Review and govern all strategic bids/proposals before customer submission.
• Ensure alignment between Sales, Presales, Delivery, Finance, SCM, and Legal teams.
• Validate commercials, solution scope, assumptions, dependencies, and delivery commitments.
• Ensure mandatory stakeholder sign-offs prior to proposal release and order booking.

Commercial & Margin Governance

• Validate pricing, margin assumptions, payment terms, LD clauses, penalties, warranties, and commercial risks.
• Ensure adherence to minimum margin thresholds and governance policies.
• Identify and prevent potential revenue leakages and unplanned cost exposures.

SOW & Contract Governance

• Ensure detailed SOW, SLA, deliverables, exclusions, and dependencies are documented and approved.
• Review contractual terms for execution feasibility and commercial protection.
• Drive proposal-to-order hygiene and governance discipline.

Cross-functional Coordination

Act as central governance interface between:

• Sales
• Presales
• Service Delivery
• Finance
• Legal
• SCM
• OEM/Alliance teams
• Conduct governance reviews for strategic and high-value opportunities.

Risk & Escalation Management

• Identify bid-stage execution risks, dependency gaps, and commercial concerns.
• Drive corrective actions before order booking.
• Minimize post-order escalations, cost overruns, and customer disputes.

Governance & Reporting

• Maintain governance dashboards and approval trackers.
• Conduct periodic governance reviews with leadership.
• Support creation of standardized proposal, costing, and SOW templates.

Desired candidate profile

• 815 years of experience in System Integration / IT Infrastructure / Managed Services environment.
• Strong understanding of:
• Techno-commercial bid management
• Proposal governance
• Managed services commercials
• Delivery execution lifecycle
• Contract & SOW governance
• Exposure to large enterprise/Govt/PSU projects preferred.

Key Skills

• Techno-Commercial Evaluation
• Proposal & SOW Management
• Margin & Cost Governance
• Contract Review
• Revenue Assurance
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk Assessment
• Delivery Governance
• Commercial Negotiation
• Bid Governance