Strategic Bid Writer for Mining & Facilities Services

IFS International Facilities Services; Umhlanga Rocks; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Remote access to templates

Job summary

IFS International Facilities Services in South Africa seeks a Bid Writer to produce compliant, on-time tender submissions that showcase our value in integrated facilities and remote-site services such as camp management, catering, housekeeping and maintenance.

You will collaborate with operations, HSE, HR, procurement and legal to gather inputs, develop win themes, manage timelines and ensure alignment with client requirements and competitor insights.

Qualifications

• A degree or diploma in communications, journalism, business, marketing or a related field.
• 3–5 years of bid or proposal writing experience in B2B services.
• Experience in facilities management or hospitality is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Tender analysis and planning.
• Review RFIs, RFQs and RFPs and extract requirements into a compliance matrix.
• Develop bid response plan with writing schedule and responsibilities.
• Raise clarifications through proper tender channels.
• Identify SMEs and brief them at kick-off on requirements and deadlines.
• Coordinate input and maintain bid calendars and templates.
• Write executive summaries and cover letters aligned to client priorities.
• Ensure submissions meet formatting, page limits and local content requirements.
• Build and maintain a library of reusable bid content.

Skills

Bid writing

Editing

Tender processes

Stakeholder mgmt

Compliance matrices

Market research

MS Office

Proposal writing

Education

Communications/Business/Marketing degree

Tools

MS Office

e-procurement portals

Design tools

Job description

IFS International Facilities Services in South Africa seeks a Bid Writer to produce compliant, on-time tender submissions that showcase our value in integrated facilities and remote-site services such as camp management, catering, housekeeping and maintenance.

You will collaborate with operations, HSE, HR, procurement and legal to gather inputs, develop win themes, manage timelines and ensure alignment with client requirements and competitor insights.