Tendering Leader

Join us as a Tendering Leader where you'll lead a team through complex, high-value opportunities.

This role combines strategic thinking, commercial expertise, and leadership to deliver winning solutions that drive business growth.

Locations - Nashville, Dallas, Houston

What you will do:



* Lead, develop, and enable a team of Tender Managers while building a high-performing tendering organization.


* Provide coaching, mentorship, and ongoing development to continuously enhance team capability and performance.


* Own tendering governance within the assigned business perimeter and ensure compliance with Schneider Electric processes, policies, and corporate governance requirements.


* Drive business performance and accountability for tendering outcomes, deliverables, and results.


* Manage medium-complexity Power Systems and Digital Power tendering activities, supporting contractor, distributor, and customer-facing opportunities.


* Lead organizational and process transformation initiatives that improve tendering effectiveness and support evolving business needs.


* Partner closely with commercial, technical, legal, compliance, contracts, and business stakeholders throughout the bid and tendering process.


* Effectively manage stakeholder relationships and executive leadership expectations.


* Support strategic decision-making and assume accountability for business and operational outcomes.


* Remain actively engaged in tendering activities and provide hands-on support during high-priority or resource-constrained situations.


* Foster collaboration, teamwork, and operational excellence across the tendering organization.


* Help scale and develop a growing team as the organization expands.

What are the key skills we are looking for?


* Collaboration - advanced level; orchestrating cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive tender responses


* Cost Management - advanced level; building accurate estimates that balance competitiveness with margin protection


* Pricing Strategy - advanced level; developing commercial approaches that win business while maximizing profitability


* Tendering - advanced level; leading complex bid processes from RFQ analysis through final submission


* Communication - intermediate level; translating technical solutions into compelling commercial narratives


* Contract Management - intermediate level; ensuring compliance with legal and company policy requirements


* Strategic Thinking - intermediate level; defining differentiated approaches that position us to win


* Risk Management - intermediate level; identifying and mitigating commercial exposure in tender scenarios

What qualifications will make you successful?



* Approximately 8+ years of combined tendering, bid management, proposal management, and/or leadership experience.


* Experience in one or more of the following industries:
+ Electrical Distribution
+...