Role: Bid Administrator
Location: Whiteley, Hampshire
Salary: Competitive
Fantastic Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00- 17:30
The task at hand: The Bid Administrator is responsible for the timely submission of high-quality bids and proposals, in line with client requirements.
You'll be great in this role if:
- Ideally, you will have some experience in bid coordination, proposal management, or in a similar sales administrative role
- Previous experience working in the telecommunications sector
- You demonstrate project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple bids concurrently and meet tight deadlines
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with exceptional attention to detail
- Proficient in using Microsoft Office suite, especially MS Word and MS PowerPoint
- You are able to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment
What you'll be busy doing:
- Proposal Development: You will be responsible for overseeing the proposal development process. This includes understanding the requirements of the RFI & RFP, coordinating with various departments within Onecom and supplier personnel, and ensuring that the proposal aligns with the client's needs.
- Team coordination: You'll work with a cross-functional team that will include the Lead Salesperson, subject matter experts, Cloud / Solution Consultants, Project Managers, and Partner personnel.You will schedule bid kick-off and check-in calls and coordinate the efforts of these teams, track actions and ensure that the proposal is comprehensive, accurate, and meets all the requirements of the RFP.
- Quality Control: Its required that you have an eye for detail as you will be responsible for the overall quality of the proposal. A key responsibility will include reviewing and editing content to ensure it is clear, compelling, and error-free. You will also need to ensure that the proposal adheres to the specified format and guidelines stated in the RFP.
- Submission: You'll be managing the submission process ensuring that all required documents are prepared and submitted on time.
- Post submission activities: After submission, you may be involved in debriefings, supporting the Sales Lead with presentation collateral, analysing the outcomes, and identifying areas for improvement in future bids.
- Onboarding assistance: Following contract award, you may be required to assist with supplier onboarding / supplier assurance questionnaires and assessments.
Onecom Perks and Benefits:
Agile working: Enabling our people to work where they work best, using our Agile Working Policy
Holidays: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and the option to Buy/Sell 5 days a year
Birthday Break: Day off for your birthday, during your birthday month
MyTime: 12 paid hours a year to use for early finishes, appointments, or longer lunch breaks
Electric Car Scheme: Purchase a brand-new electric car through our EV Scheme
Wellbeing: Discounted Gym membership, free access to guided meditation and sleep stories, subsidised Fitbit, Cycle to work scheme, Free breakfast & fresh fruit in our offices, Eye-care vouchers, Financial Wellbeing support
Pension: We offer 9% combined pension contribution
Lifestyle: 4 x Salary life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, 24/7 access to Mental Health support
Parental Leave: Enhanced Parental Leave policy (based on length of service), whether you or your partner are giving birth, going through surrogacy or adoption
Rewards: Quarterly employee reward programme and annual awards
Discounts: Discounts on tech
Referral Incentive: You'll receive a bonus for each successful friend or family member you refer
Socials: Work hard and play hard with our all-expenses paid company events and parties
Foundation: Paid time off to support your chosen charity initiatives and events for our Charity partners
Academy: Limitless professional development with access to our in-house training academy
Who we are
Onecom is the recognised provider of Communication Technology, trusted by UK Organisations to deliver unparalleled expertise and simply brilliant customer experiences to more than 800,000 Corporate citizens globally.
We've built an award-winning team of 650+ ambitious, inspiring and innovative individuals.
We're driven by our pride in our brand and our dedication to create a market-leading environment where our people can be the best version of themselves. Want to join our journey? Apply Now.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Onecom wants to meet the aims and commitments set out in our Equal Opportunities Policy. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate understanding of the make-up of our talent pools in encouraging equity, diversity and inclusion. We ask candidates to complete our equality monitoring form as part of the application process. Responses are anonymous and the data gathered will be used to inform our future initiatives.
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