Commercial Analyst

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.; Great Abington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading scientific services company located in the United Kingdom is seeking a candidate to lead proposal bids and budget negotiations. Responsibilities include reviewing RFPs, managing the bidding strategy and ensuring document accuracy. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree and relevant experience, along with strong analytical and communication skills. The role requires proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, as well as the ability to work independently on various tasks. A commitment to regular attendance and occasional travel is necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification.
• 0 to 5 years of prior experience in a relevant role.
• Equivalency through education, training, or directly related experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead proposal bid and budget negotiation process.
• Review RFP information for budget preparation.
• Conduct bidding strategy calls with customers.
• Ensure accuracy in bidding system and data mapping.
• Finalize documents for customer distribution.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project administration

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Financial principles understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Responsibilities

• Leads the proposal bid and budget negotiation process, synthesizing detailed client requirements with internal data in collaboration with key internal stakeholders to determine appropriate resource and budget allocations for project plans and study strategies.
• Reviews request for proposal (RFP) information to ensure it has adequate information for budget preparation.
• Leads proposal bidding strategy calls to discuss customer requirements and budget strategy development and/or modifications.
• Works within bidding system to ensure accurate bidding and timely data mapping in client grid templates.
• Finalizes documents for distribution to the customer and internal departments, performing quality control edits to ensure accuracy, proper data formatting, and compliance with contract requirements.
• Ensures proposals concisely and accurately reflect strategy discussions, meet client needs, offer consistent messaging, include relevant differentiators, and convey value proposition and critical success factors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 5 years).
• In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to function as an effective and respected partner to clients.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Confidence to handle sensitive information and make sound recommendations.
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks while still delivering high quality results.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational and project administration skills.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentation of data.
• Solid understanding of financial principles and best practices.
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Frequent mobility required.
• Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups.
• Works independently with little guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions and plans work schedules to meet goals. Requires multiple periods of intense concentration.
• Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multitask.

Physical and Work Requirements

• Regular and consistent attendance.
• Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Frequently drives to site locations and frequently travels both domestic and international.
• Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.