Proposals Manager

Job description / Role

Hyder Consulting is a leading multinational design and engineering consultancy. With over two centuries' experience and around 4,000 people across our regions - Asia, UK, Europe, Middle East, India and Australia - we combine global expertise and local knowledge to create exceptional solutions for our clients and their stakeholders.

Weare totally committed to providing excellent client service through the quality of its people. We take pride in appointing top calibre professionals at all grades, and creating a pleasant and friendly working environment. We are all driven by the same values in a supportive environment where you can grow and succeed.

We are now looking for talented individuals to fill our current vacancy for Proposals Manager to work on our projects in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Duties and Responsibilities:
* Writing proposals and pre-qualification questionnaires for submission.
* Responsible for the production, editing, formatting, proof reading and publication of submission documents.
* Management and coordination of bid team electronic diaries; issuing prompts and reminders according to busy schedules.
* Coordination and updating workload planner within the central team.
* Monitoring and communicating tender clarifications to the bid team.
* Obtaining tender feedback (won or lost) and communicating to team.
* Monitoring and coordination of the project workflow system, making sure this is updated on a regular basis.
* Maintaining boilerplate materials in a convenient manner; cataloguing, updating and retrieval.
* Coordinating the notarisation and attestation of documents.
* Promoting best practice bidding across the business.
* Ensuring all major and strategic tenders have conformed to the bid management review process.
* Facilitation of bid meetings - chasing of identified actions.
* Ensuring Legal Counsel has the opportunity to review the contract and that risks have been assessed and referred to Bid Manager for action.
* Ensuring that a pre-tender checklist has been undertaken and that the commercial / organisational aspects of the checklist have been referred to the Bid Manager/Director.
* Document control and distribution.
* Drawing up and monitoring a programme for tendering and coordinating resources that have been mobilised to meet timescales.
* Preparation of tender handover packs if successful.
* Assembling supporting information such as QA Certificates, H&S Documentation, etc. from central resource.
* Preparing, organising and editing the written and visual information to be used for internal and external communication and information purposes.

Requirements

* A relevant business degree or similar
* Must be computer literate and have excellent working knowledge of MS Office applications and Adobe CS3 / In-Design.
* A minimum of5to10 years' experience within a high-pressured marketing and bidding environment is desirable.
* Experience will preferably be within the professional services, consultancy or construction sectors.
* The ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines.
* Experience in managing and organising themselves around busy professionals
* Strategic thinker with the ability to digest and communicate customer needs through best practice approach.
* Excellent organisational and communication and written skills (English & Arabic essential).
* Excellent attention to detail and accuracy of work is essential.
* A clear and thorough communication style.
* Excellent numeric and literacy skills.
* Awareness and understanding of commercial opportunities and business challenges

Key competencies and values:
* Client focus - differentiating through tailored skills and depth of client understanding
* Excellence - striving for excellence, recognising that excellence is defined by our clients
* Trust - building and retaining relationships of trust with our clients, colleagues and business partners
* Teamwork - working together as a team for the Group, not just the individual
* Responsibility - taking responsibility for our performance and our safety
* People - we create an environment for people to realise their full potential

At Hyder we believe in rewarding our employees for their commitment and endeavours and have designed a flexible benefits package that we feel will suit all of our team.

Commence your future and experience the most fulfilling chapter in your career with us.

About the Company

Hyder Consulting is a multi-national advisory and design consultancy. We have been in operation for over 150 years, working on some of the world's most iconic landmarks and infrastructure including the worlds tallest building in Dubai - Burj Khalifa, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Tower Bridge in London, the new Berlin airport and the Taiwan High Speed Railway.

Our international pedigree is further highlighted by our long-standing presence in our regions: we have been in business for over 150 years in Europe, 100 years in East Asia, 70 years in Australia and 45 years in the Middle East. We have built on this diversity and today 72% of our revenue comes from outside UK.

We employ around 4000 people and apply our global expertise coupled with local knowledge to create award winning solutions for the property, transport, utilities and environmental sectors.