Job Title: Cost & Pricing Manager

Location: Portsmouth.We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £56,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading, co-ordinating, and collating all bid/price costs, backed off to a robust basis of estimate, including DAREO (Dependencies, Assumptions, Risks, Exclusions & Opportunities)
• Independently reviewing and challenging costs
• Timely preparation of multimillion pound bid estimates using cost models
• Preparing independent “Should” cost analysis
• Responding to and leading price investigations across end customer and third parties
• Providing guidance and estimating expertise to Stakeholders to support of meetings and negotiations
• Driving Process and Continuous Improvement
• Using experience to influence and drive solution development
• Supporting, mentoring and developing team members

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Bid, Costing and Pricing experience
• Ability to think analytically and challenge the cost bid with a high degree of accuracy and professionalism
• Strategic thinker with the ability to influence stakeholders
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to understand, summarise and present large amounts data

Desirable:

• Experience in government contracting types
• ProPricer experience
• A Cost E or similar

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual leave incentive.

The Cost & Pricing team:

Supporting a team that is responsible for the bid/price costs including cost modelling. As one of the prime contacts leading the cost review and challenge with the end customer, therefore needs the ability to communicate succinctly and professionally the complexities of the bid costs.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.”

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

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