Specialist, Bid Centre of Excellence

Overview

Support presales solution aspects, including bid responses, for JLL's Bid Centre of Excellence, working with Sales Leads, proposal managers and subject-matter experts.

What you'll do

• Work collaboratively with the Sales Leads and proposal manager to provide support for varied presales solution aspects, including bid-response.
• Lead the kick-off calls, coordinate with department heads to identify specific stakeholders for individual bids, and act as the main contact-point for process execution.
• Manage the bid portals and provide regular updates to Bid Managers/Directors on projects in the pipeline.
• Complete first baseline draft RFP response, pulling baselines from proposal databases and baseline libraries, and edit or re-write responses to provide the best suited response.
• Gradually start developing RFPs end to end, while actively engaging with Sales Lead or Project Managers and/or Account Team.
• Own the development of tailored CVs/Bios/Case studies working with the business lines and SMEs, and engage with all organizational SMEs to ensure their inputs are incorporated in a timely manner.
• Undertake research on customer and opportunity and gather competitive information to feed into bid-evaluation process and responses.
• Contribute to the development of slides for bid presentations in PowerPoint, in coordination with the proposal manager, bid coordinator, and graphic design specialists.
• Assist in preparing qualification and client proposal materials by bringing the best of the practice and delivering high quality client development materials.
• Identify unique questions and responses in completed bids, and update the baselines with new content or coordinate with KM colleagues to have this closed.

What you'll need

• Post-Graduate, with excellent academic credentials.
• 8-10 years of relevant experience from a professional services firm, including proposal editing and writing.
• Experience in Proposal Management / Support from a reputed firm.
• Content writing, content/knowledge management.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills.
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
• High attention to detail with consistent high-quality deliverables.
• Able to work on strict turnaround times, and have a problem-solving approach.
• Ability to understand company's service lines, business dynamics, and value proposition, and showcase the same through accurate, comprehensive and well-written draft responses.
• Ability to share ideas, display proactiveness, ownership of individual tasks, contribute to team projects, and ensure closure in strict timelines.
• Teamwork, timeliness, quick learning, resourcefulness, and ability to ideate.
• Should be open to support during peak hours or after-office hours to contribute towards urgent client submissions.

Nice to have

• Functional experience of MS Office; proficiency in formatting/design.
• SharePoint: creating lists, libraries and sites.
• Experience in Real Estate industry, especially construction or project management.

Details

• Location: On-site, Gurugram, HR.
• Scheduled weekly hours: 40.
• Open to support during peak or after-office hours for urgent client submissions.