Position Overview
An Assistant Bid Manager manages the end-to-end bid process by coordinating inputs, preparing compliant proposals, and ensuring timely submissions. The role involves analyzing RFPs / RFQs, maintaining documentation, assisting in pricing support, and collaborating with cross-functional teams, partners and OEMs to deliver high-quality bids
Key Responsibilities
- Bid Process Management : Manage the complete bid lifecycle, ensuring timely, compliant, and quality submissions.
- Documentation & Proposal Preparation : Draft, review, and format technical / commercial responses aligned with client RFP / RFQ requirements.
- Team Coordination : Work with sales, technical, finance, and legal teams to gather inputs and finalize proposals.
- Compliance & Quality Control : Ensure proposals meet all mandatory requirements, maintain checklists, and uphold document standards.
- Repository & CRM Management : Maintain a database of reusable bid content and templates, company standard documents and projects, Managing leads on CRM portal.
- Commercial Assistance : Support preparation of pricing sheets, assumptions, and risk notes with the pre-sales team.
- Reporting & Tracking : Maintain bid trackers, provide progress updates.
Required Qualifications & Skills
Must-have :
Post Graduate – MCA / B.E / B.Tech / MSc. (IT) + MBA (preferred)Knowledge of MS Office, eProcurement Portals, GeM etc.Key soft skills : Analytical and reasoning, Communication, problem-solving, collaboration, Team and Time ManagementPreferred :
GeM Gold CertifiedPresales and Solutioning, Cost EstimationSkills & Attributes
Strong written and verbal communication skillsExcellent organizational and time management abilitiesAttention to detail with a focus on compliance and qualityProficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and collaboration toolsAbility to coordinate with cross-functional teams under tight deadlinesAnalytical mindset with problem-solving skillsAdaptability and eagerness to learn bid management practicesStrong interpersonal skills for stakeholder engagementCommercial awareness and basic understanding of pricing modelsSelf-motivated, proactive, and deadline-oriented