Specialist, Bid Centre of Excellence

Overview

Support the Bid Centre of Excellence by contributing to presales solution and bid-response work, coordinating bid processes, and producing high-quality proposal content for client submissions.

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 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 responses, pulling baselines from proposal databases and baseline libraries, and edit or re-write responses to provide the best suited response.
• Gradually develop RFPs end to end, actively engaging with Sales Lead, Project Managers and/or Account Team.
• Own the development of tailored CVs, bios and case studies working with the business lines and SMEs, and engage with organizational SMEs to ensure their inputs are incorporated in a timely manner.
• Undertake research on customers and opportunities and gather competitive information to feed into bid evaluation and responses.
• Contribute to the development of PowerPoint slides for bid presentations 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 baselines with new content or coordinate with KM colleagues to have this closed.

What you'll need

• Post-graduate, with excellent academic credentials.
• 6-8 years of relevant experience from a professional services firm, including proposal editing and writing.
• Experience in proposal management or support from a reputed firm.
• Content writing and content/knowledge management.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication 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, with a problem-solving approach.
• Ability to understand company service lines, business dynamics, and value proposition, and showcase them through accurate, comprehensive and well-written draft responses.
• Ability to share ideas, show proactiveness, take ownership of individual tasks, contribute to team projects, and ensure closure in strict timelines.
• Teamwork, timeliness, quick learning, resourcefulness, and ability to ideate.

Nice to have

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

Details

• Location: On-site, Hyderabad, TS.
• Scheduled weekly hours: 40.
• Should be open to support during peak hours or after-office hours for urgent client submissions.
• Reports to Assistant Manager, Bid Centre of Excellence.