Tendering Manager

Hitachi; Västerås kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Västerås seeks an experienced leader to head the tender and quotation organization within our electricity distribution solutions. You will coach and develop a team, ensure effective work distribution and uphold high safety and integrity standards.

You will engage with customers to understand processes and propose optimized contracts aligned with policy, while building long-term relationships and driving on-time, cost-effective solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering required.
• Minimum 5 years in electricity distribution, grid connection solutions, or related sales/PM roles.
• Experience in leadership with personnel responsibility or team lead.
• Strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Fluent in Swedish, Finnish, or Danish with English proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop employees within the tender and quotation organisation
• Ensure skills development, work distribution and a good working environment
• Be a role model for Hitachi Energy's values in safety, integrity and leadership
• Understand customers' processes, business models and values
• Be responsible for and participate in meetings with customers and propose optimized solutions and contracts in line with the company's strategy and tender policy
• Establish and maintain long-term, strong customer relationships
• Ensure the right solution at the right time and at the right price, including new sales and upgrades to modern technology
• Use tendering processes and tools for managing proposals, offers and risk assessment
• Follow up on sales orders in close collaboration with the project management team

Skills

Leadership

Strategic tendering

Client relationship management

Communication

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop employees within the tender and quotation organisation
• Ensure skills development, work distribution and a good working environment
• Be a role model for Hitachi Energy's values in safety, integrity and leadership
• Understand customers' processes, business models and values
• Be responsible for and participate in meetings with customers and propose optimized solutions and contracts in line with the company's strategy and tender policy
• Establish and maintain long-term, strong customer relationships
• Ensure the right solution at the right time and at the right price, including new sales and upgrades to modern technology
• Use tendering processes and tools for managing proposals, offers and risk assessment
• Follow up on sales orders in close collaboration with the project management team

Requirements

• Swedish, Finnish or Danish as your mother tongue and fluent English, both written and spoken
• Experience in a leadership role with personnel responsibility or a clear team leader function
• Driven, committed and service-minded person who enjoys combining leadership and operational work
• Very good communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Electrical engineer with a bachelor's degree or equivalent
• At least 5 years' experience of electricity distribution and grid connection solutions in sales, planning, project management or similar
• In-depth technical expertise in grid connection
• Proven ability to develop and manage customer relationships

Certifications & Qualifications

• bachelor's degree in electrical engineering