Power Transmission Tendering Lead

GE Vernova; Creswell; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova in Stafford, UK, is seeking a Tendering Team Leader to guide a four-person team in turning customer requirements into accurate, competitive proposals. You will partner with Sales and Engineering to clarify scope and deliver timely tenders for spare-parts, maintenance, and high-value projects.

The role offers hybrid working from our Stafford office, with responsibility for prioritising work, ensuring governance, and supporting handover to project teams.

Qualifications

• Previous experience leading, supervising or coordinating a team, with the ability to coach and develop people at different stages of their careers
• The capability to manage workloads, allocate resources and balance multiple priorities and deadlines without losing sight of quality
• Experience reviewing and interpreting customer or technical specifications, identifying missing information and coordinating the clarification needed to develop an offer
• An understanding of how customer requirements are translated into technical and commercial proposals
• Commercial awareness gained within tendering, sales, commercial operations, project management, engineering or another relevant technical‑commercial environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with confidence working across commercial, technical and operational teams
• A proactive and structured approach to problem‑solving, with the confidence to challenge incomplete information or competing priorities constructively
• A willingness to remain actively involved in tender preparation and personally manage selected offers once established in the role

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team of Tender Specialists, creating an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing working environment
• Managing the team’s day-to-day workload and resources, balancing competing priorities so proposals are delivered on time and to a high standard
• Collaborating closely with Sales to review new customer enquiries, clarify scope and ensure that sufficient technical and commercial information is available to begin preparing an offer
• Identifying missing or unclear requirements and working with Sales to obtain the necessary clarification from customers
• Allocating new enquiries based on team workload, capability, complexity and business priorities
• Monitoring active tenders, identifying potential obstacles and supporting the team in resolving or escalating issues
• Overseeing proposals ranging from routine spare-parts and maintenance quotations to complex, high-value projects
• Coordinating with Engineering, Sourcing, Field Services and Project Management to develop complete and competitive customer offers
• Supporting the effective handover of successful tenders to the Project Management and execution teams
• Driving improvements to tendering processes, increasing quality, accuracy and efficiency across the team
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders across the wider region, including supporting future tendering requirements in the Nordics
• Contributing as a member of the Stafford local management team
• Remaining actively involved in tender preparation and personally managing selected offers once established in the role

Skills

People leadership

Workload management

Customer requirements interpretation

Commercial proposals

Commercial awareness

Written and verbal communication

Problem solving

Tender preparation involvement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

GE Vernova in Stafford, UK, is seeking a Tendering Team Leader to guide a four-person team in turning customer requirements into accurate, competitive proposals. You will partner with Sales and Engineering to clarify scope and deliver timely tenders for spare-parts, maintenance, and high-value projects.

The role offers hybrid working from our Stafford office, with responsibility for prioritising work, ensuring governance, and supporting handover to project teams.