Job: Vestas sucht Technical Bid Engineer (f/m/d) Vienna

Responsibilities

• Proactively drive the technical value engineering of customer projects and lead technical negotiations as an active member of the Sales team
  
• Ensure timely responses to customer enquiries, prepare clarifications and deviations to tenders, as well as technical annexes and contract schedules
  
• You are expected to take the full responsibility for the technical solution during the Sales phase
  
• After an intensive induction, you will be assigned to Vestas' sales activities mainly in Austria and in further consequence, in other markets within the region
  
• You will need to build relationships with the key technical people in your customers' organization, driving their requirements inside Vestas and ensuring they prefer to use Vestas
  
• Be the link between the Local Sales organization and VPS (Vestas Power Solutions) for general technical matters and with Product Management in R&D
  
• Understanding of the market, customer business cases and sales' perspective in general; Track of the local rules and legislation and participate in working groups where required
  

Qualifications

• Engineering background (Electrical preferred, alternatively Mechanical, Industrial or similar) combined with commercial insight/interest or commercial background with strong interest in understanding of technical aspects
  
• Prior experience leading technical negotiations, ideally of heavy machinery, power plant equipment or similar, is necessary
  
• Previous experience in wind energy or industrial plant environment is a plus
  
• Fluent in business English and German both spoken and written is essential;
• Other EU languages are a plus
  
• Ability to lead and coordinate a team of engineers
  
• Holistic understanding of commercial and legal aspects of technical solutions
  

Competencies

• Excellent communication skills and prior experience interacting with different stakeholders
  
• The ability to be flexible, organized and collaborative with demonstrated experience working in dynamic and intensive environments
  
• The ability to be innovative and creative with a drive towards results
  
• Creative solution identification and a high degree of motivation to satisfy customer needs
  
• Travel availability (about 25% of the time)
  

What is offeres

As a Technical Bid Engineer (f/m/d) at Vestas, you will be in the heart of the action of the wind industry. Despite being the largest player in the industry, Vestas is a young company. That makes us flexible and agile, giving you the freedom to act creatively and independently in an international environment and highly divers team.

People with experience working in Technical Sales Management are highly valued across multiple functions in Vestas. The role of Technical Bid Engineer (f/m/d) is an excellent start to an interesting career in Vestas.

Compensation via collective labour agreement of employment group IV as a minimum of 2582,48€ gross per month plus an market based overpayment depending on qualification and work experience.

Additional information

Primary work location will be Vienna in Austria. This position requires approximately 25 % time for travel

For additional information on the position, please contact Ms Jutta Hoch-Weinert (Senior Recruiter) via phone +49 (0) 172 629 1278

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