Project Manager, TOM — Lead Cross‑Functional Proposals

GEA Germany GmbH; Oakdale (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness program

Job summary

GEA Group is seeking a Project Manager – Technical Offer Management (TOM) in the United States to coordinate commercial and technical sales support activities. You will lead cross-functional workflows from opportunity intake through quotation, aligning sales, process engineering, application engineering, and finance to meet deadlines and improve proposal quality.

The role emphasizes project coordination, process discipline, stakeholder communication, risk awareness, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Strong project management and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and English communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage sales support projects and proposal workflows from intake through final submission.
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs from sales, process engineering, application engineering, procurement, finance, and others to develop quotation packages.
• Build and maintain project timelines for proposal development with milestones and reviews.
• Facilitate kickoff meetings, status reviews, and follow-up actions to align scope and deliverables.
• Monitor proposal progress, identify risks to schedule or content quality, and escalate issues as needed.
• Ensure quotations and documents are accurate and align with requirements and terms.
• Track opportunities, proposal status, and turnaround times with clear reporting to leadership.
• Standardize sales support processes and improve templates for consistency.
• Maintain documentation of assumptions, deviations, approvals, and revision history for each opportunity.
• Support communications related to proposals and customer deliverables.
• Prepare and present proposals to senior leadership as part of gate review processes.
• Coordinate change requests and pricing updates during the proposal cycle with version control.
• Analyze bottlenecks and recommend improvements to improve responsiveness and quality.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

English communication

Microsoft Office

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

GEA Group is seeking a Project Manager – Technical Offer Management (TOM) in the United States to coordinate commercial and technical sales support activities. You will lead cross-functional workflows from opportunity intake through quotation, aligning sales, process engineering, application engineering, and finance to meet deadlines and improve proposal quality.

The role emphasizes project coordination, process discipline, stakeholder communication, risk awareness, and continuous improvement