Purchase Bidding Assistant at The Place

Responsibilities:

• Project planning. Owning the bid programme, highlighting interdependencies and monitoring/reporting on progress
• Producing and design presentation slides and leaving behind content
• Supporting the bid team through mid-bid/site/progress meetings
• Supporting bid submissions with relevant photography and supporting graphical/infographic tools
• Taking the lead in the bid programme, ensuring content is fully compliant, quality checked to deliver a bid to deadline
• Ensuring all required reviews and adjudication/sign-offs are achieved
• Providing appropriate dissemination and communication of client tender clarifications and facilitation of appropriate action in response
• Creating the bid
• Analyzing tender documents to define client requirements, deliverables, set deadlines and owners
• Writing the bid;
• Proofing/copying edit responses to ensure compliant, compelling, benefits-driven copy
• Creating impactful, well-designed bid documentation for submission
• Managing the process. Internal progress meetings – bid kick off/regular progress meetings
• Recording and sharing lessons learnt/best practice.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 1 years of experience specifically focused on bidding.
• Maximum of National Diploma is required.
• Competency in using of Microsoft Office package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook);
• Good organization and project management skills.
• Ability to work in a team and alone as activity requires.
• Ability to shape compelling responses
• Excellent communication skills
• High standard of written English, skilled in editing copy to correct grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Flexibility and open to changing priorities
• Strong attention to detail and error-free delivery
• Strong document preparation skills.