The Bid Manager is responsible for planning the tender and setting its strategic approach, with a specific focus on the technical part.
The Bid Manager acts as a central point for the tendering team by coordinating (planning, booking, briefing, meeting) and managing (revisions, feedback, support, troubleshooting) both internal and external resources.
The Bid Manager supervises and coordinates the tendering process, from admin to technical and financial submission. S/he is also in charge of the subsequent clarifications or negotiations that may arise as part of the process.
The Bid Manager, in particular, guarantees that the bid coordinators, admin coordinators, consortium partners and subcontractors, services/operations contributors and any other external support shall produce their input on time and in conformity with the expected quality and the agreed scope of the tender. S/he will also manage the team by encouraging team spirit and a healthy, sustainable and balanced work environment
Key Responsibilities Lead the bid coordination: List, plan, allocate and assign responsibilities to internal and external resources.
Lead the bid writing: Develop and validate the outline of the technical offer, coordinate and revise experts’ inputs.
Contribute to bid’s administrative part: Check admin requirements, select, supervise, validate and approve references and CVs.
Contribute to bid’s financial part: Support budget preparation, support budget negotiation, prepare budget for validation by the Business Development Director before tender submission.
Keep Business Development Team future-proof and continually improve its efficiency: Train, advise, give constructive feedback to bid coordinators, develop, collect information and analyse bid and bid outcome, debrief and share with resources.
Requirements Have 5-10 years’ work experience in a public-sector environment.
Be fluent in written and spoken English and French.
Be stress resistant, curious and eager to learn, accurate and have a strong eye for detail.
Show common sense in your approach to work, be resilient and able to work to short deadlines and handle changing priorities.
Be an excellent negotiator, highly organized, efficient and persuasive, like a challenge and be able to work on several projects at the same time.
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