Proposal Manager

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Requisition Number: 29097
Company:
Westinghouse Electric Co

Location:

Madison, PA, 15663

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

As a Proposal Manager, you will manage Proposal development for complex opportunities (generally over $5M) with focus on the commercial elements of the Proposal and ownership of the Pricing file. You will secure compliance with the Westinghouse governance process and organize the relevant meetings.

You will report to the Proposal Management Director. This role is eligible for a remote working arrangement and can be performed from anywhere within the United States.

• Prepare the offer Division of Responsibility Matrix and communicate to the expected bid team members.
• Manage the offer schedule ensuring all internal LOA process requirements and customer deliverables are met, including the scope schedule and cost elements of the offer.
• Identify individual RFQ requirements, including all attachments, and coordinate inputs for completion (forms to be completed, language translations).
• Organize bid/no bid, kick‑off and offer status review meetings.
• Collaborate with Customer Solution Manager, Account Team, Contracts/Legal, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Tax, Quality Assurance, Treasury, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S).
• Support the Offer Capture Team to develop mitigation plans on all identified risks.
• Prepare the full draft commercial bid description, price, Terms of Payment (TOP), T&C’s and validity of the offer.
• Integrate all relevant inputs into the customer‑specific offer templates; review, compile, and customize the required information into a complete submission package.
• Verify that all elements of the customer Request for Quotation are addressed and incorporated into the offer package.
• Distribute the draft offer package to the offer team and consolidate comments into the final offer package.
• Ensure complete submittal of the proposal to the customer through appropriate path (paper, email or sourcing portal).
• Maintain up‑to‑date parameters in the Company CRM system (MS Dynamics) during the Offer Phase.
• Support negotiations with the client until final contract signature, ensuring proper teamwork and agreement with all relevant WEC partners.
• Oversee the entry of orders in SAP and the issue of order acknowledgement letters to the customer.
• Collaborate with Customer Solutions Manager to develop cost models that support the financial aspect of the submission and LOA governance process.
• Integrate all cost elements and margin factors into a pricing model compatible with all elements of the customer requested template and the Westinghouse governance process (Limit of Authority).
• Ensure that cost rates, overhead markups, escalation, management reserve and margin/EBITDA levels are accurate in the estimates and produce the estimate sheet and the consolidation in case of multiple product segments.
• Propose payment terms as input to the project cash flow curve.
• Prepare the Pricing section of the Proposal in the customer requested format while securing robustness of the Pricing model & consistency with Westinghouse costs input & approved parameters from LOA/governance process.
• Provide general oversight to ensure adherence to applicable procedures.
• Determine appropriate LOA level and required approvers.
• Confirm LOA requirements, schedule the meetings, and develop the LOA document following the Westinghouse LOA Policy.
• Coordinate inputs for draft LOA document and presentation materials, distribute for reviews by offer team, finalize and issue to LOA approvers and participants.
• Coordinate the LOA meetings attended by the appropriate Senior Westinghouse leadership; secure LOA approvals and archive the final approved document.
• Capture LOA meeting notes and actions. Incorporate post‑meeting changes in…