The Bid Specialist’s core responsibilities are to manage prospective clients’ formal requests for proposals from receipt to submission. The role involves engaging subject matter experts across the business and writing compelling responses to help accelerate the growth of Allegis Global Solutions. The role involves operating as a business partner with Sales, Operations and Finance partners across the region and globe on large RPO, managed service and procurement outsourcing opportunities in the talent management industry.
The Bid Specialist role is customer-focused and able to successfully manage all facets of the proposal process under tight deadlines, including project management, response writing, stakeholder management, editing/proofing, document production and quality control. The Bid Specialist should quickly grasp win themes, developed in partnership with Business Development, Solutions and Operations, and compellingly articulate these in writing for an external audience.
Responsibilities
- Project managing the bid process from RFx receipt through to submission to ensure a consistently high-quality end product in line with client requirements and AGS strategy
- Writing proposals and related documentation for AGS RPO, MSP, services procurement (SOW) and associated product offerings
- Shaping opportunity win themes with sales, solutions and operations from pre-tender receipt through to negotiation stage
- Collaborating with the pitch development team to (or, where they are not assigned; to directly) manage and build pitch decks based on proposal content and requirements
- Championing specific customer needs during bid development sessions, pitch deck development, and the bid process generally
- Working with key stakeholders to build a compelling, differentiated offer
- Ensuring client-facing output adheres to corporate visual brand and general high quality standards
- Facilitating gate and proposal development calls
- Actively participating in the development of new solutions and proposal ideas
- Peer reviewing and feeding back on other team members’ RFxs
- Managing production, distribution and control of documents
- Maintaining and enhancing proposal response database (Qvidian)
- Documenting own bid activity (in outline) through Salesforce CRM system
