Bid Support Executive - Basingstoke, United Kingdom - De La Rue

De La Rue
De La Rue
Verified Company
Basingstoke, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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_Are you a proactive problem solver with strong attention to detail? Do you enjoy building relationships with internal stakeholders and third parties? Are you seeking a role within an international organization where you can develop your skills and expand your knowledge of bid and pricing?_

Then we have the opportunity for you...
We are looking for an organised, commercially aware individual to provide full administrative support to our bid team.

In this role, you will play a key role in presales activities to contribute to the smooth running of the enquiry to offer process.

You will be responsible for the preparation o high-quality bids and offers in response to customer enquiries and tender.

To be successful, you must have excellent communication and engagement skills. You should be meticulous in your attention to detail and timekeeper as you will be working to tight deadlines.


_ What will you be doing?_

  • Working with Bid Team members to support RFP and proposal activities, such as RFP portal control and registration, processing of requests for powers of attorney, notary, certified documents, obtaining signatures where required, uploading and/or printing quality final proposal documentation;
  • Liaising with logistics to arrange shipping of bid submissions when required;
  • Working with Marketing to ensure our proposals are aligned with latest product collateral;
  • Maintaining and developing bid library content e.g. boilerplates, references, certifications;
  • Supporting Bid Managers by ensuring content of proposals is well written and stylistically presented;
  • Proofreading documents (proposals, presentations) to support Bid Team colleagues;
  • Providing support & gathering research from multiple sources to deliver bid activities, including audit projects, and sales opportunities;
  • Assisting in the production of decks for governance forums;
  • Owning new customer and partner initial due diligence process (and record keeping), instruct enhanced due diligence investigations as and when required;
  • Participate in ad hoc projects with the Bid team;

_ What qualifications, skills and experience are we looking for?_

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant work experience
  • Excellent organisational skills and timekeeping
  • Highly literate and numerate
  • Commercially aware
  • Good engager of people; able to get others to deliver what is needed
  • Able to multitask effectively under pressure and work to deadlines in high pressure situations
  • Able to work on your own initiate and as part of a team
  • Proficient in using Microsoft Office packages is essential
  • Adobe InDesign & Illustrator knowledge would be advantageous
  • Good at problem solving
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_What are we offering?_

  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Sales Incentive Plan
  • Flexible working opportunities
  • 26 days of annual leave + bank holidays
  • AXA PPP Managed Health Care Scheme
  • No cost for single cover, subsidised rates for additional dependent cover
  • Life Assurance 4x annual salary
  • Excellent career development opportunities
  • Various other perks and Employee Assistance packages


  • Pension Scheme

  • The company pension contribution is one and a half times the employee contribution, up to a maximum of 6% (therefore employer contribution would be 9%)


  • Holiday Flex Scheme

  • Option to Gain or Forgo up to 5 day's holiday in exchange for a monthly reduction or additional payment


  • Share Save Scheme

  • Opportunity to buy shares in De La Rue
  • Enhanced family friendly policies

_ This position is located in Basingstoke. To be eligible for consideration, you must be authorized to work in the UK without sponsorship.**_
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