Specialist, Bid Support

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; India; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) in Gurugram is seeking a Specialist for Bid Support to assist with presales responses, RFIs and RFPs. You will coordinate with Sales Leads, proposal managers and SMEs to craft high-quality client materials and tailored CVs/Bios/Case studies.

The role emphasizes end-to-end bid development, content management and timely delivery within tight timelines, with a strong focus on collaboration across business lines and functional teams.

Qualifications

• Post-Graduate degree and excellent academic credentials.
• 7–10 years of relevant experience in a professional services firm, including proposal editing and writing.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Sales Leads and proposal manager to support varied presales solutions including bid-response.
• Manage completion of RFIs, with focus on regional and global RFIs.
• Create first baseline draft RFP responses and edit to best fit the client need.
• Develop end-to-end RFPs with engagement from Sales Lead and Account Team.
• Develop tailored CVs/Bios/Case studies with SMEs across business lines.
• Engage with SMEs to incorporate inputs in a timely manner.
• Research customers and opportunities to feed bid-evaluation processes.
• Assist in developing bid presentations with cross-functional teams.
• Prepare qualification and client proposal materials with high quality content.
• Identify unique questions and update baselines with new content.
• Develop slides for bid presentations in PowerPoint with proposal team and designers.

Skills

Proposal management

Content writing

Communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Education

Post-Graduate degree

Tools

MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

SharePoint

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

Title: Specialist, Bid Support Business unit: JBS Marketing Reporting to: Assistant Manager, Bid Support Key stakeholders: EMEA Proposal Managers/Directors, Bid Coordinators, Sales Enablement and Operations Leads, Subject-Matter-Experts Direct reports: Not applicable

Duties & responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with the Sales Leads and proposal manager to provide support for varied presales solution aspects, including bid-response
• Manage completion of RFI submissions – with a special focus on regional and global RFIs
• Complete first baseline draft RFP response, pulling baselines from proposal databases & baselines libraries. Would need to edit or re-write the responses to provide the best suited response.
• Gradually, start developing RFP’s end to end, while actively engaging with Sales Lead and/or Account Team.
• Own the development of tailored CVs/Bios/Case studies working with the business lines and SMEs.
• Engage with all organisational SMEs to ensure that their inputs are incorporated in a timely manner.
• Undertake research on customer and opportunity, and gather competitive information to feed into bid-evaluation process and responses.
• Contribute to the development of bid presentations, in coordination with sales leads, client account managers, bid-coordinators, and graphic design specialists.
• Assist in preparing qualification and client proposal materials by bringing the best of the practice and delivering high quality client development materials.
• Identify unique questions & responses in completed bids, and update the baselines with new content.
• Contribute to the development of slides for bid presentations in PowerPoint, in coordination with the proposal manager, bid coordinator, and graphic design specialists.

Performance objectives

• To deliver accurate, comprehensive and well-written draft responses
• Ability to create/update content libraries
• Ability to deliver on varied content management tasks
• Ability to share ideas, display proactiveness, ownership of individual tasks, contribute to team projects, and ensuring closure in strict timelines
• Teamwork, timeliness, quick learning, resourcefulness, ability to ideate – would be the key traits
• Should be open to support during peak hours or after-office hours to contribute towards urgent client submissions

Key skills

• Experience in Proposal Management / Support from a reputed firm
• Content writing, content/knowledge management
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
• High attention to detail with consistent high-quality deliverables
• Able to work on strict turnaround times, and have a problem-solving approach
• Functional experience of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel); proficiency in formatting/design will be a plus
• Good to have: SharePoint – Creating lists/libraries/sites

Employee specification

Post-Graduate, with excellent academic credentials 7-10 years of relevant experience from a professional services firm, including proposal editing and writing

Location

On-site –Gurugram

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Job Tags

JBS

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