Bid Associate

BID ASSOCIATE

We have a very exciting opportunity for a Bid Associate to join our client in their Endoscopy department. You will be supporting the busy sales and bid teams. You role will see you reinsuring the delivery of bids and projects deadlines are met and also attending client site meetings as required.

• Location: Theale, West Berkshire - Office based, some hybrid maybe possible
• Salary: Negotiable - 1 Year FTC to start asap
• Working Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 - 5:30
• Responsible for the coordination and development of contracts and quotations

Purpose of Your Role

• Support the allocated business area in achieving budgeted growth and ensuring all records including the customer relationship management system (CRM) is maintained and up-to-date.
• Delivery of Bids and projects on time and to quality in adherence with Customer essential requirements.
• Meeting with customers, which may include face-to-face competitive dialogue meetings/discussions, site visits, debriefs, bid presentations.
• In field customer engagement, including research and gathering customer insights.

Your Role:

• Monitor Business Development and Framework inboxes to source and take ownership of opportunities for the Endoscopy team.
• Ensure that the databases for the allocated business area are updated as needed.
• Support pre-tender sales development work including presentations, surveys, supplier engagement and other proposals ensuring alignment with agreed strategies.
• Co-ordinate all external communications in the manner determined by the Customer External communications which may involve face-to-face competitive dialogue meetings/discussions, site visits, debriefs, bid presentations, as well as written clarification questions or email communications.
• Support the transition of projects through sales, tender, operational lifecycle to contract closure and ensure that data exchange in the sales to ops hand over for closed opportunities is effective.
• Responsible for CRM system data, to ensure it is maintained and ensure it is maintained and ensure all Business Development opportunities identified are entered into the CRM system.
• Ensure all records of contracts, contacts, customers, opportunities and bid, quotes and sales proposals in the CRM system adhered to editing and formatting standards and ensure sign-off approval processes are followed in accordance with quality management system and that of the company's Marketing Guidelines.

The person & skills:

• Strong team working skills
• Presentation skills
• Strong communicational skills both written and verbal
• Strong commercial awareness
• Analytical skills
• Attention to detail
• Excellent self-management skills
• Experience in a similar office support role
• Excellent IT Skills & database skills
• Highly organised and self-motivated
• Database management experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills

If this opportunity sounds interesting, please give us a call on (phone number removed) to discuss further.