Bid & Design Trainee

Job Description

Role & responsibilities Support the sales team on design and specification work and supervise the Bid & Design team in finalizing typical system and floor plans, layout and cost estimation on all products to offer in a tender bid for local and remote markets in the most timely and accurate manner. Bachelor's degree / Diploma / BE 0.3 - 3 years of corporate experience, minimum 3 months in commercial furniture, with good computer software knowledge (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, 3D Max, PCON, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, CorelDRAW, Sketchup & Project Symbols) Work with Sales Team to understand the tender requirements/ expectations. Prepare design and specification works on typical system configuration and floor plan layout. Once drawings are finalized, prepared bill of quantity and strategize product solutions to meet tenders specifications. Work with Haworth factories and 3rd party suppliers to specify non-standard products to customers specification for pricing. Ensure tender is completed and submitted on time. Support Bid & Design Manager on liaison with remote markets Prepare data qualification for order entry and order file Understand the project requirements/ expectation from the remote market manager and work closely with the Bid & Design team to finalize the drawings and proposals. Create presentation boards for mockup exercise Provide rendering work to enhance proposal bids Create presentation materials in Microsoft PowerPoint format for sales presentation Maintain all drawings and files in the archive library Ensure the drawings and quotations are submitted on time. Prepare weekly & monthly report requested by BRC. Independently support Bid & Design Manager to coach a team of Bid & Design Associates (junior) or interns in developing the skills of using specification tools/drawing system and tender documents preparation and product knowledge.