Bid Specialist

Title: Bid Desk Specialist

Sector: IT & Services Consulting

Location: Permanent Work From Home (Anywhere in India)

Duration: 1-Year Contract - Renewable

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, Eastern Standard Time Zone

The impact you will have:

Lead qualification and response strategy for all formal bids, including RFP/RFQ/RFI's.

Drive new business and the 'win rate' by positioning unique value propositions to potential and existing customers. Use solid communication, leadership, and project coordination skills to participate in hands-on collaboration with the sales team and supporting departments.

What you’ll do:

• Lead cross-functional teams to meet client-driven requirements and deadlines

• Develop and deliver professional, comprehensive quality response documents

• Evaluate and qualify all formal bids

• Coordinate response teams and all required subject matter experts

• Develop response plans that include workflow, tasks, owners, deadlines, etc.

• Coordinate and lead status calls to review and track progress, issues, and risks

• Assist in the development of response strategies in alignment with client requirements

• Monitor and control the response process through to final submission

• Create best practices, standard content, and a repository

• Time management and organizational skills in a dynamic, deadline-oriented environment

• Possess exceptional leadership skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization

• Demonstrate ability to execute efficiently and effectively

• Strong writing skills

What you’ll bring to the table:

• 5+ years of demonstrated project coordination, bid response, or RFP program management experience

• 2+ years of coordinating cross-functional teams, both local and remote

• Technology industry experience is an asset

• APMP certification is an asset

• Post-Secondary Degree or equivalent experience