Tender & Proposal Engineer

Aggreko; Roodepoort; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A global energy solutions provider is looking for a Tender & Proposal Engineer based in South Africa. This role involves overseeing proposal preparations to ensure quality bids are submitted timely. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and over 5 years of bid management experience. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Salesforce is required. The company offers competitive compensation and industry-leading benefits, emphasizing a safety-focused culture.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Industry-leading medical insurance

Continuous training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Over 5 years’ relevant experience in bid management.
• Proven leadership and management experience in sales.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Create strategic approaches for managing and winning bids.
• Coordinate internal inputs and ensure submission quality.
• Maintain repository/library of documentation for bid responses.

Skills

Fluent English (verbal and written)

Proposal management experience

Ability to build relationships

Excellent writing skills

Excellent Planning & Organization skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, or commercial

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Salesforce.com

Job description

We're the global leader in providing energy solutions that help businesses grow and communities thrive.

We work as a team and we’re proud of the difference we make to customers, to local communities, and towards a sustainable future for the world.

We’re looking for Tender & Proposal Engineer who will oversee all aspects of Aggreko’s proposal preparation, ensuring quality, compelling bids are submitted to Aggreko’s customers in a timely manner. The Tender & Proposal Engineer will review all customer requirements to ensure that they are met in the proposal and collaborate with a wide variety of internal support teams to ensure that all necessary information in included within Aggreko’s proposals.

Why Aggreko?

• Position will be based in Egypt or South Africa

• Competitive compensation package

• Industry-leading benefit plans including medical insurance

• Continuous training and development with career growth opportunities

• Safety-focused culture

What you’ll do:

• Responsible for creating strategic approaches to managing and winning bids in response to requests for proposals from customers and on proactive pursuits.

• To assess information required, coordinate internal inputs (including sub-contractors and joint partners), and ensure that the completed submission puts forward the best possible response in terms of completeness, appropriateness and that it demonstrates the best added value options to the purchaser.

• To ensure that deadlines are met as well as manage graphic design and visual presentation of hard copy and digital versions of response documents.

• He/she will be involved in every aspect of the submission and have an excellent appreciation of what the client needs and how best to articulate how Aggreko can provide that. He/she will work closely with a core team while bringing in subject matter experts when required.

• To assist in managing the repository/library of documentation (company materials, credentials, and templates) that can be used by the AMEAPAC sales team in its bid responses (complex and simple) and in its customer interactions.

• Aggreko place a strong emphasis on health, operational safety, and environmental protection. It is a requirement and moral obligation of each employee to be actively committed and accountable for compliance with the Aggreko Health, Safety & Environmental policies, operating procedures, and compliance with local legislation.

You’ll have the following skills and experience:

• Fluent English (verbal and written) required.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field preferably engineering, finance or commercial

• Over 5 years’ relevant experience of bid management preferably in an international environment

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Proposal management experience

• Proven leadership and management experience and extensive sales experience

• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues who are often in different geographies/time zones.

• Ability to analyse and question the numbers when appropriate and work comfortably in situations where there may be ambiguity over the data and where initiative will need to be shown to make appropriate assumptions.

• Work under pressure to tight deadlines

• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization, including with executive-level staff.

• Proficiency in Salesforce.com

• Excellent writing and presentation skills

• Excellent Planning & Organization skills

Find out more and apply now.

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Equal employment opportunity

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.