Bid Writer - German Speaking - Hybrid Position

Overview

Enterprise Rent-A-Car's European Head Office has an immediate opportunity for a German speaking Bid Writer. The successful candidate will be working alongside our EMEA Sales Managers from our Corporate office and field-based sales teams as well as leaders across the UK and Europe.

The Bid Writer's primary function is to coordinate the completion of tenders (bids), across all business lines offered in their region of operation. Working with the sales lead responsible for each tender, they will ensure the tender is completed on time, with all tender elements answered with high quality text and materials.

Salary: £24,300-£35,000 per annum dependent on experience

Hours: Full time 40 per week, this is a full time hybrid role requiring presence in Egham 3 days out of 5.

Location: Egham, Surrey, TW20 9FB

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

• Analyse the tender requirements, summarising and communicating them to the response team and subject matter experts to ensure all response elements are discovered and understood.
• Confirm the assignment of all tasks needed to complete the tender, managing, supporting and contributing to their completion ahead of submission deadlines.
• Produce clear and concise answers to tender questions, shaping Bid Library and Bid Archive materials to ensure the highest possible question scores are achieved.
• Ensure all communications and documents are logically organised and accessible via the EMEA Bid Archive

They will also support the continual improvement of the EMEA Bid Library, through:

• The transfer of reusable text and materials from completed tenders into the bid library, improving the team's resources when describing Enterprise products and processes in future bids.
• Engagement with both product and process Subject Matter Experts, to further develop and maintain resource materials that can be used in bids.
• Developing areas of product expertise and specialisations that recognise and communicate key selling points that when applied, increase bid success.

Additional activities that the Bid Coordinator may undertake include:

• Supporting complex RFI, Due Diligence and buyer Audit events
• Supporting industry award applications

Qualifications

The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate the following:

• Responsibilities:

  The Bid Writer is required to proactively drive complex bids to completion against strict deadlines. They must be:

  • Self-motivated to complete tasks and achieve goals and objectives, initiating work with minimal direction
  • Well organised and process driven, able to meet deadlines through effective:
    • scheduling of both short-term and long-term tasks and goals
    • prioritisation of activities and responsibilities
    • time-management, managing multiple tasks to both internal and external deadlines.
  • Analytical, demonstrating a proven attention to detail, able to:
    • Understand, organise and communicate complex requirements
    • Thoroughly review information for accuracy and consistency
    • Consider and apply past experience
    • Question responses given to bid questions, ensuring that the best possible submissions are achieved
    • Produce error-free work to a consistently high-quality standard
  • Confident - Able to approach people with sometimes difficult or time sensitive requests, and to follow up to ensure a task is completed on time.
  • Innovative - Contributing ideas on how to enhance the way the Bid Team supports both sales and the wider business effectively, as we expand into new business lines and markets.
  • An excellent Communicator, enabling them to work with both the sales teams in the support of bids, and with subject matter experts. They must be able to:
    • Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
    • Provide facts, details, thoughts and ideas clearly and concisely
    • Confidently communicate at all levels, able to present requirements to support effective bid coordination, and follow tasks and assignments through to completion
    • Build relationships with people at all levels, developing an effective network that enables the gathering of information needed in bids.

  In addition to the attributes above, candidates should have a high level of experience using MS Word, and practical experience in utilising MS products such as Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint.

  • Full business proficiency in German and English

Additional Information:

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