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Job Opening: Senior Proposal Manager

Reference Code: SPM0523

Salary Range: $110,000-$173,000

Job Description

Reporting to the Vice President of Programs, the Senior Proposal Manager is responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate response to customer RFQs. This entails processing the RFQ, analyzing the RFQ requirements and deadlines and allocating specific tasks to the business development team. The Senior Proposal Manager will be responsible to monitor all proposal activities (e.g., preparation of bills of materials, procurement cost estimates, labor cost estimates, manufacturing plans, etc.) to ensure that the bid will be submitted per the customer’s requirements. Further, the Senior Proposal Manager is responsible to calculate the selling prices using rate and financial data provided by the Finance department. For pricing of follow-on orders to existing contracts, the Senior Proposal Manager will request the appropriate data from the Program Business Manager sufficient to prepare the pricing requested by the customer. The pricing is passed to the Director of Business Development for review at the appropriate level within CPI.

Essential Functions

  • Establish and lead Proposal team including proposal administration, cost estimating and business development

  • Manage the entire process of preparing a response to a customer request for proposal.

  • Coordinate and direct the activities of the Business Development Team in order to ensure the flow of work meets the customer’s requirements in terms of schedule and quality expectations.

  • Oversee the use of and access to the CPI ftp site and manages the Commercial and Government Quotes Log and to provide management reporting, as and when required.

  • Maintains the weekly Business Development Activity Log in order to report progress on active bids

Qualifications

  • 15+ years’ experience

  • Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in a field such as Business, Finance, Accounting, or Marketing, or Engineering, or have a minimum of five years performing work of a similar nature in an aerospace manufacturing environment.

The salary range for this position is : $110,000-$173,000. Actual compensation will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and other factors allowed by law. Individuals are not typically hired at or near the top of the salary range.

For immediate consideration for this position, please e-mail your resume and cover letter with salary requirements to employment@cpiaero.com. Please ensure that the Reference Code is included in your correspondence.

CPI Aero considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.