Role:
Supporting the Business Development Managers, Account Managers and Sales Director as part of the team responsible for managing individual bids from start to finish.
Key Responsibilities:
* Support the commercial production of bid preparation, with responsibility for product selection.
* Collaborate with Business Development Manager, Account Manager and Bid Manager to create competitive proposals.
* Provide valuable insights for Business Development Managers/Account Managers in bid strategy development from specific research into customer hotspots, challenges and future plans.
* Staying informed about industry trends and customer needs, specifically in new innovations in technology and category development.
* Contribute to the on-going development of Bid Library content.
* Maintain company information on the Central Data Management System.
* Management and liaising with Sales team on progress monitoring of Bid Tracker.
* Analyse results of bids/quotes to prepare a summary and update an intelligence data base on competitor pricing and strategies.
* Source products for bids/quotes not in Viking product range
* Collaborate with Procurement team to forecast price fluctuations, general increases/decreases and build into bid pricing model.
* Produce Top 100 product list, updating and communicating any changes.
Skills needed:
* An analytical, methodical and well organised individual, able to multi-task and work under pressure to deadlines.
* Excellent IT skills – especially Excel, Word, Powerpoint.
* Project management experience ideal.
* Customer-friendly attitude.
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