Proposal Analyst - Ottawa, Canada - Curtiss-Wright

Curtiss-Wright

Verified Company

Ottawa, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

The Opportunity

Senior Proposal Analyst

Preferably based in Ottawa, Canada, the Senior Proposal Analyst is responsible for providing financial analysis and support in the development of winning proposals to various business units within Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions.

A key skill set for the Proposal Analyst will be the ability to manage the development of proposed cost and resulting pricing in accordance with company policies.

The Proposal Analyst will work with the proposal team to ensure that proposals reflect the best cost basis and factors that supports informed pricing decisions.

Location:
Ottawa, ON

Your Challenge:

As a member of the proposal team, the primary responsibility is to support the Proposal Manager with all cost and pricing aspects of individual proposals, including:
Capture engineering Basis of Estimates (BOE)-
Product cost capture from actuals and/or Product Manager inputs-
Working with procurement as needed to gather and verify material cost basis.-
Manage and capture costing for any 3rd party items that may be required.-
Coordinate with Lifecycle team to provide proposal needs and validation of material costing.-
Secure timely approvals for proposal pricing-
Develop strategies and implement solutions for most efficient costing/pricing models with an eye to repeatability, considering market factors and eventual risk & reward of offered pricing/terms.
Support/Lead targeted costing and pricing models/analysis/closed loop analysis (post award actuals compared to bid values) and provide lessons learned and recommendations to the applicable business units.
Ongoing/timely support to various stakeholders (BU Directors, Product Managers, Proposal Management) as required.
Works with Finance to optimize proposal cost and pricing tools with objective to make tools more effective, common, and supportive in the assessment of pricing model strategies.

Your Expertise:

SKILLS_
Must have superior Excel/Word and PowerPoint skills.
Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
Able to work effectively as an individual contributor as well as part of a team, ability to work with crossfunctional teams, to follow procedures and use system tools.
A selfstarter, able to work independently and manage concurrent multiple bids and proposals with dynamic priorities.
Demonstrated ability and resourcefulness in solving often ambiguous problems with little supervision.
Experience with cost/revenue analysis and audits is considered an asset.
Excellent analytical skills to collect data, understand significance and explain issues; able to take initiatives and recommend solutions / process improvements.
Excellent technical ability, including ability to work with integrated ERP systems, preferably SAP.
Ability to present and defend costing / pricing recommendations to senior leadership.
Ability to embrace change with enthusiasm for continuous improvement.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE_

A postsecondary diploma/degree from a college or university in Accounting, Engineering and/or Business
Experience in proposal development and cost analysis
Familiarity with Military and Aerospace market and customer base is desired, but not mandatory. 57 years of related experience preferably in a manufacturing or high technology environment; or a combination

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Compliance Statement

Curtiss-Wright values diversity in the workplace.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact

Talent Acquisition

and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.