A JOB THAT INSPIRES YOU <ul><li>The Bid Manager is responsible for planning the tender and setting its strategic approach, with a specific focus on the technical part.</li><li>The Bid Manager acts as a central point for the tendering team by coordinating (planning, booking, briefing, meeting) and managing (revisions, feedback, support, troubleshooting) both internal and external resources.</li><li>The Bid Manager supervises and coordinates the tendering process, from admin to technical and financial submission. S/he is also in charge of the subsequent clarifications or negotiations that may arise as part of the process.</li><li>The Bid Manager, in particular, guarantees that the bid coordinators, admin coordinators, consortium partners and subcontractors, services/operations contributors and any other external support shall produce their input on time and in conformity with the expected quality and the agreed scope of the tender. S/he will also manage the team by encouraging team spirit and a healthy, sustainable and balanced work environment</li><li> </li></ul>WHAT YOU WILL DO Lead the bid coordination <ul><li>List, plan, allocate and assign responsibilities to internal and external resources (operations, services and finance teams, freelancers with specific expertise, partners, subcontractors and suppliers)</li><li>Brief, coordinate and follow up on resources’ inputs</li><li>Report regularly to the Business Development Director</li><li>Support the consortium set-up</li><li>Inform operations, service heads and the HR manager about proposed team members</li><li>Debrief and provide constructive feedback during and after bid submission</li><li>Organise hand-over if the contract is awarded</li></ul> Lead the bid writing <ul><li>Develop and validate the outline of the technical offer</li><li>Coordinate and revise experts’ inputs</li><li>Support the bid writing process</li><li>Perform technical quality checks</li><li>Ensure regular checks by the Business Development Director and Business Development Manager</li></ul> Contribute to bid’s administrative part <ul><li>Check admin requirements</li><li>Select, supervise, validate and approve references and CVs</li><li>Liaise with the administrative coordinator</li></ul> Contribute to bid’s financial part <ul><li>Support budget preparation</li><li>Support budget negotiation</li><li>Prepare budget for validation by the Business Development Director before tender submission</li></ul> Keep Business Development Team future-proof and continually improve its efficiency <ul><li>Train, advise, give constructive feedback to bid coordinators</li><li>Develop, collect information and analyse bid and bid outcome, debrief and share with resources</li><li>Motivate and lead the team and resources, encouraging a healthy, sustainable and balanced work environment</li><li>Encourage team spirit, personal development and involvement in projects and company business</li></ul> A BACKGROUND THAT CONVINCES US <ul><li>Have 5-10 years’ work experience in a public-sector environment</li><li>Be fluent in written and spoken in English and French</li><li>Be stress resistant • Be curious and eager to learn</li><li>Be accurate and have a strong eye for detail</li><li>Show common sense in your approach to work</li><li>Be resilient and able to work to short deadlines and handle changing priorities</li><li>Be an excellent negotiator, highly organized, efficient and persuasive</li><li>Like a challenge and be able to work on several projects at the same time</li><li>Understand how bids are evaluated in a public-sector environment</li><li>Understand how price to win is developed with regard to European Commission proposals</li></ul>

The GOPA Consulting Group consists today of 6 independent consulting companies with headquarters in Bad Homburg, Bonn and Brussels.
GOPA Consulting Group designs and directs results-oriented strategies for competing in the global economy. New themes are continuously integrated into the Group portfolio which is following the market developments of our bilateral, multilateral as well as private clients. Often projects require multidisciplinary approaches by combining the know how of the different sector-oriented business units. For this type of projects the Group developed a cooperation management system to address and implement to the best satisfaction of our clients.
 The GOPA Consulting Group delivers results in nearly all service fields and countries, from stable societies and high-growth economies to challenging environments affected by political conflict or poverty.
It has developed to one of the most fascinating and impacting consulting groups in Europe. We transform policies to projects with an impact for a better tomorrow.

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