Job Title: Pricing AnalystLocation: IpswichSalary: CompetitiveBusiness OverviewOCS is a global facilities services business with 120,000 colleagues and 8,000 customers across the UK, Europe, APAC and Middle East regions. It has recently seen Atalian Servest become part of the group meaning has that in the UK & Ireland we have a front-line workforce of more than 45 thousand people.Job OverviewThe primary purpose of the role is to provide accurate and competitive cost estimates for both new and existing business within the Private facilities management sector for OCS UK. Focus will be on the development of the contract specific cleaning, security and other facilities management pricing solutions to drive resource build and methodology inclusive of labour, machinery, technology and materials to deliver against customer specifications.There will be a need to closely align with Business Development, Operations, Bid Support, Finance and Commercial colleagues to form a seamless virtual team in this regard. Senior Pricing Analyst will be responsible for leading the financial/pricing review on Bid ‘sign Off’s’ with the CFD & MD of Private FM. The Pricing Analyst, whilst reporting to the Commercial Finance Director, will provide commercial & finance support to the Private FM business development team.Key Responsibilities:Provide commercially sound and competitively priced solutions in support of bid/rebid activity using, for example, optimal cleaning and security methodology as appropriate to specification requirements and operational deliveryUndertake site visits and surveys as appropriate to build site/contract specific solutions and schedulesReview, understand and measure building plans to support completion of full cost estimatesUse external/internal benchmarking data to support estimating processDevelop and maintain internal benchmarking dataProvide collateral in support of resource build/solution such as rosters/shift patterns/schedules for bid requirements as appropriateWork collaboratively with Heads of Service to identify innovative/alternative service solutionsWork collaboratively with other service stream leads/estimators to identify opportunities for multi-skilling of roles to drive efficiencyDevelop plans/schedules and cost information to support mobilisation and transition processSupport contract improvement process and retention through re-engineering and effective challenge to existing and suggested solutions, both within OCS and supply chainMaintain market and service knowledge and its application to our solutions through networking, industry affiliations and competitor awarenessAbout You: Degree level or equivalent preferredProfessional Finance qualification preferredExcellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively at all levels both internally and externallyExperience of delivering to strict deadlinesExperience of presenting information in a logical and concise mannerInvolvement with the review of commercial elements of bidsAbility to quickly build both personal & functional credibility with operational managersProactive, customer and results focusedAbility to plan and prioritise workload in order to ensure full-service delivery within area of responsibilityExcellent MS Excel skills and general high level of IT literacy across MS Word, MS PowerPoint etc.