Bid Management Specialist 

Bid Management Specialist Jobs in Dubai, UAE

Job Description

Interfaces with business line growth team and operations to support the process of winning work. Leads responses to client RFI/RFQ/RFPs and applies standard pursuit processes to ensure efficiency in schedule and bid compliance. Responsible for print, electronic and oral proposal deliverables. Provides market research and competitive intelligence and leverages data systems and tools to support proposal strategy and business strategic planning efforts.

Job Summary

• Prepares pricing and commercial proposals through benchmarking and liaison with business leads and technical leads
• Prepares internal governance and risk committee documentation, including response to legal and commercial comments through the approval process
• Develops risk mitigation plans for each specific proposal.
• Assists with large proposals and able to lead small to medium proposals (cross regions or business lines), and supports from capture through to interview stage, as required.
• Coordinates content and information for qualifications and proposals, including schedule, templates, compliance, content plan and production. Provides conceptual leadership for document design. May serve as lead writer/editor for resumes and past performance sections for proposals.
• May facilitate color review (Pink and Red team) reviews, and apply lessons learned to add value to proposals. Manages the implementation of proposal and presentation revisions based on direction from review teams.
• Participates in go/no-go and greenlight analyses in compliance with delegation of authority guidelines, capture planning and positioning activities as they pertain to preparation for the proposal.
• Completes internal debriefs for proposals they lead and reviews debriefs and reviews client feedback on proposals to ensure and demonstrate continuous improvement.
• Has solid working knowledge of company quality procedures and approval processes (legal, contracts, DOA, signatory).
• Liaises with appropriate/relevant business line team, operations, technical, and business development professionals to support or develop marketing information (including but not limited to case studies/project sheets and capabilities summaries).
• Provides guidance to entry level proposal team members
• Performs a self-check of work prior to submitting to others for review/approval

Qualifications

• 3 + years of experience in a similar role
• Experience working in the Middle East region preferred
• Experience of working with a Consultancy