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At Saab, you can realize amazing innovations that keep people and societies safe. Together, we can truly make an impact - and your part matters.\n\nYour role\nAs Bid Centre Manager, you will play a central role in Saab's international Marketing & Sales activities. Working at the heart of major business opportunities, you will lead the daily operations of the Bid Centre and create the conditions for successful proposal development across multiple campaigns and customer opportunities.\nThe role is focused on coordinating and developing the overall bid capability and supporting bid teams throughout the organization.\nYou will work closely with Bid Managers, Proposal Managers, campaign teams and stakeholders across Saab, ensuring that resources, methods and tools are used effectively and that our bid teams are equipped to deliver high-quality proposals.\nYour responsibility spans four main areas:\nBid Centre Coordination - Coordinating resources, priorities and activities across ongoing bids and campaigns.\nOperational Excellence - Supporting the continuous development of methods, processes and tools that strengthen our bid capability.\nBusiness Support - Providing guidance and support to bid teams and contributing to successful proposal delivery across the organization.\nSecurity - Ensuring security plans, physical and digital environment are compliant with governing regulations.\n\nYour profile\nWe are looking for a driven and structured professional who thrives in a complex international business environment. You enjoy creating clarity, bringing people together around a common objective and ensuring that activities move forward in an efficient and coordinated way.\n\nTo succeed in this role, we see that you:\nHave experience of coordinating projects, bids or other complex business activities.\nHave strong collaborative and communication skills.\nAre comfortable working across organizational boundaries and engaging with a wide range of stakeholders.\nHave excellent organizational skills and a structured, proactive way of working.\nEnjoy improving ways of working and creating efficient processes.\nHave a \"doer\" mindset and take ownership from idea to execution.\nAre fluent in English and Swedish.\nHave curiosity and openness to technological development, with an interest in AI-based tools and methods.\n\nAdditionally, the following skills are valued:\nStrong communicative skills with ability to convey complex information clearly.\nUnderstanding of risk management in complex business environments.\nAspirational mindset with potential to grow into other roles in sales.\nOverall perspective with responsibility to coordinate bids and ensure all plans are up to date.\nThis position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.\nWhat you will be a part of\n Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart inventions, and grow beyond. This is a place for curious minds, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together, we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing our unique perspectives. Your part matters.\nSaab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 26,100 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.\nSaab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. 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