Our
Client, an international company specializing in the sales of medical, material
handling, lifting, warehousing and storage solutions, power generators,
construction materials and industrial plant equipment wishes to recruit for the
following positions:
Bid Manager
Reporting to the executive management, the successful candidate shall be responsible for:
Bid Manager
Reporting to the executive management, the successful candidate shall be responsible for:
- Taking
the lead on several bids - depending on Sales need.
- Adherence
to internal governance process
- Ensuring
that customer deadlines are met and responses issued in line with customer
requirements
- End
to end delivery of the bid response from qualification through to bid
closure and support the Sales team in providing the response to the
prospect.
- Coordination
of the bid qualification and ensuring that each proposal meets the minimum
criteria to enter the bid process.
- Management
of the delivery of the bid response in line with the defined process, this
includes delivery of a bid plan and bid budget
- Challenging
the costs captured to ensure that they are reflective of the requirements
- Provision
of status updates to key stakeholders on bid progress
- Proactively
managing risks, issues and dependencies
- Development
of key Supplier relationships to support the delivery of a proposition,
this will be delivered in conjunction with the product and business teams
- Ensuring
that the all external documentation adheres to branding standards
- Maintaining
information on bid status
- Ensuring
that lessons learnt from previous bids are tracked and reviewed before
each bid and where mitigating actions have been identified that these are
followed through
- Gain
product knowledge for a broad understanding of the services and solution
offered
Qualification
and Skills:
- Business
/ Engineering degree
- Minimum
2 years in tender management/ similar role
- APMP
Qualified added advantage
- Assertive
yet tactful in motivating others to produce a successful submission.
- Excellent
time management, efficiency, with the ability to meet deadlines and work
with minimal supervision
- Leadership
and team work
- Ability
to remain calm and productive under pressure
- Aptitude
for handling complex business relationships and managing multiple
resources to deliver a strong, winning case to the prospective client.
- Articulate,
confident speaker with strong written communication skills
Remuneration: Commensurate to
experience, skills & qualification
Applications
Applications
Candidates who meet the set criteria should submit their applications together
with their CVs including contact details, current and expected remuneration to
be mailed to quality2015jobs@gmail.com with the subject as “BID MANAGER KENYA”