Tendering Manager

Zohorecruit; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit is recruiting a Tendering Manager for our client in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on securing winning bids by guiding the full tender process, coordinating with planning, cost control, and operations to deliver compliant technical and financial proposals.

The candidate will lead pre-award activities, manage cost estimation, and liaise with multiple departments to ensure timely, high-quality submissions that meet client requirements.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have extensive experience coordinating and producing competitive technical and financial proposals.
• Strong capability to review ITT documents and align costs with client requirements.
• Proven track record in leading pre-award activities and influencing decision makers.

Responsibilities

• Review ITT documentation to ensure no conflicts or deviations in project requirements.
• Assign tasks to teams to ensure accurate delegation for project qualification.
• Set short-term plans with teams to prepare timely and accurate pre-award documents.
• Coordinate pre-tender clarifications with clients for compliant final submissions.
• Supervise cost estimation, advise on supplier selection, and track progress.
• Liaise with Planning & Cost Control to schedule resources and cash flow.
• Review final cost estimates and obtain CEO/COO approvals.
• Attend key pre-tender client meetings and oversee RFP responses for quality.
• Provide budget baselines for awarded projects and ensure proper handover.
• Report tender department progress to top management and maintain client contact.

Skills

Tendering management

Cost estimation

Project coordination

Pre-award documentation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil or Architecture Engineering

Job description

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Onbehlaf of our client, we are looking to hire a Tendering Manager to join their team in Riyadh.

Job Summary

To secure winningbids and increase revenues for the company through smoothly coordinating and managing the whole process of producing competitive technical and financial proposals that comply with clients’ requirements, while supporting the delivery of the company’s operational and business plans.

Responsibilities

• ReviewInstruction to Tender (ITT) documentation to ensure that no conflict ordeviations exist among and between the project requirements.


• Assignproject tasks to the various teams within the department to ensure the accuratedelegation of responsibilities for qualifying the project for awarding.


• Setand communicate short-term plans mutually with the teams within the departmentto clarify the needs and priorities of projects for timely and accuratepreparation and submission of pre-award documents; and to ensure that allsubordinated have studied the tender documents.


• Followup with subordinates on the pre-tender clarifications to be sent to theclient(s) regarding the interpretation of any clauses or parts of the tenderdocuments to ensure that the final submission fit within the frameworksspecified by the client.


• Supervisesubordinates in the cost estimation process, track progress, and intervene-whenever needed- to advise on the selection of suppliers and subcontractors.


• Liaisewith the relevant departments (mainly Planning & Cost Control departments)to discuss the required resources and the time schedule and cash-flow of theproject to ensure that submissions are made on time.


• Reviewthe final cost estimation of the projects and obtain the relevant approvalsfrom the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO).


• Attendthe important pre-tender Client meetings.


• Overviewthe company’s responses to Request for Proposals (RFPs) by revising thetechnical and financial proposals before being presented to the client toensure that submissions are made to the required quality.


• Providethe baseline for setting the final budget for awarded projects.


• Ensurea proper hand-over process of the contract documents to the relevantdepartments (mainly Operations department) to ensure that all relevant projectinformation is neatly and clearly communicated.


• Reportto the top management the Tender department’s activities through presentingperiodical progress reports on the status of the projects’ cost estimation.


• Maintain regular contact with potential Clientsto handle effective pre- and/or post-tender negotiations.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’sDegree in Civil or Architecture Engineering.
  

Credentials

• Project Management (PRMG) is a plus.


• Training courses in Cost Control, Cost Estimation, andCost Management is a plus.


• International Project Management Association (IPMA) orProject Management Professional (PMP) is a plus.


• Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a plus.


• 10+ yearsrelevant experience.


• Working on projects that involved Cost Estimation,Resources Management, Scheduling, and Planning.


• Experience in Multinational Companies and/or injoint international projects is a plus.