Tender Manager - Heavy Marine Transport

In your job you will work for the offshore energy division. Boskalis has one of the largest global fleets of specialized offshore vessels, allowing us to carry out a broad range of offshore activities. We provide innovative and sustainable all-round solutions to tackle major worldwide maritime challenges. Our Offshore Energy division supports sustainable energy solutions such as wind energy as well as traditional fossil facilities. We’re involved in the entire journey from developing and transporting to maintaining and decommissioning these facilities.

You can make your mark at Boskalis as a Tender Manager for Boskalis Heavy Marine Transport! As Tender Manager you are responsible for managing the entire Tender Process. As Tender Manager you form part of the team responsible for the Sales & Tendering activities for our Heavy Marine Transport business unit. Your job starts with taking on a request from a client, developing a win-strategy together with the commercial managers all the way up to clarifying your proposal to BU and Division management and negotiating the contract with the Client. Furthermore, you are the driving force to motivate and stimulate the specialists in your Tender Team. 

You will work together with our inhouse experts to create and deliver sometimes complex, tender deliverables for high demanding clients from the Oil & Gas Industry as well as clients in the fast- growing Renewable Energy market. 

Your responsibilities as Tender Manager:

• Ensuring that the Tender, including but not limited to the costs aspect, schedule and risk analysis, is drawn up in accordance with all requirements of the client and Boskalis.
• Determine the Tender strategy to match the client requirements in consultation with the commercial team and business unit management, executing the strategy in the Tender Deliverables, monitor the tender progress and performance and undertake corrective actions as required. 
• Coordinating with other disciplines (legal, SHEQ, finance, planning) and business units within Boskalis to make sure all technical and cost aspects are addressed, and risks are mitigated. 
• Taking the lead in the contractual and legal assessment of the Tender requirements, including contract review, local compliance and financial impact.
• Managing and guiding the tender team, so that they can perform to the best of their abilities in the tender.
• Coordinating with the commercial manager which can be based in our offices in Papendrecht, Houston, Singapore, Shanghai and Korea.
• Participating in negotiations with the client about the price and contractual conditions as well as coordinating and maintaining contact with all internal and external parties involved.

If a Tender has been successful and the contract has been awarded, you will officially hand over the project to the Project Management team. 

You are well organized and can keep an overview, also in stressful situations. You have excellent analytical- and technical skills and can inspire a team to perform at its best. Furthermore, you are a reliable and skilled sparring partner for clients both internal and external based on proven experience in the offshore industry. For you it is a given to think in multidisciplinary solutions. 

• A Bachelor or Master level in a relevant education for the marine- or offshore industry;
• Preferably 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience in the offshore industry and a proven track record in Tender Management or Project Management; 
• Both technical and commercial skills and know-how with regards to the marine- or offshore industry; 
• Experience with risk and contract management; 
• Result driven personality with a positive and international mindset; 
• An excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken.  

What you can expect

• A dynamic environment: A job that allows you to collaborate with a talented team of experts from different backgrounds and contribute to making a significant impact.
• Rewarding conditions: A competitive salary and much more, including holiday allowance, holiday entitlement of 26 days (based on a full-time contract) and a number of collective scheduled days off, a non-contributory pension scheme, collective schemes such as company health insurance
• Career development: We offer you plenty of opportunities to bring out the best in yourself for example through (online) courses at our Boskalis academy.  
• The Boskalis campus: Experience the unique Boskalis vibe at our Papendrecht site, complete with restaurants, sports field, and a wharf where our vessels dock. We offer a state-of-the-art auditorium, brainstorming rooms, experience center for client meetings, and a barista corner where you can connect with colleagues.

Extra information

• Your team: You will work as a Tender Manager in our Business Unit Heavy Marine Transport.
• Where you will work: You are based at our campus in Papendrecht.
• Full/part- time job: The position of Tender Manager is a fulltime position (40 hours per week).
• Next steps: Apply easily by completing the online application form. Interviews are held online or in the office. Once it’s clear we’re a good match, we’ll make you an offer – and look forward to welcoming you to the company.

We’ll be happy to answer your questions about the position of Tender Manager - Heavy Marine Transport.  Please contact Johan Vlot, Manager Mendering HMT or Matthew Hurrel, Recruiter. 

Disclaimer for Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies 

We appreciate your interest in our vacancies and understand that your candidate might be enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity. However, our recruitment process is not structured this way, at Boskalis we handle recruitment ourselves. Therefore we do not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies. Any submission will be treated as a direct application. 

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