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Tender Manager
AI Summary
Manages tender and bid processes for new logistics customers and projects, including solution design, cost and price determination, offer quality and deadlines, and handover of won projects to operations. Works across departments and presents to regional management and the board.
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Description
Objective
· Independent execution of the activity of the offer manager in Group Business Development for the professional development of competitive logistical solutions and offers
· Responsibility for the coordination, quality and efficiency of all processes (national and international) for the acquisition of new customers and projects within the framework of tenders.
· Development of market strategies and further development of Schnellecke service products
· Further development of tender strategies per market segment and customer
Requirements
· Takeover of the quotation lead primarily new business
· Resource and scheduling planning, as well as close cooperation with the departments involved in the bid processing process and technical management of project teams in the tender process
· Preparation and analysis of customer requirements from tenders and inquiries
· Responsibility for deadlines, quality, format and content of the offers
· Conception of competitive logistics solutions for customers
· Review and optimization (e.g. personnel, equipment), warehouse planning, if necessary. Layout creation, cost and price determination from the OpEx department
· Costing (e.g. personnel, equipment) of complex projects, warehouse planning, layout creation, cost and price determination
· Close cooperation with the departments involved in the preparation of the offer
· Participation in and presentation of presentations for discussions with the board and/or regional management
· Participation in and presentation of customer projects
· Support/participation in contract negotiations
· Benchmarking of offer concepts, service levels and processes
· Use and optimization of the CRM system and SharePoint storage
· Handover of won projects to OpEx
· Ensuring compliance with accident prevention regulations as well as compliance with regulations for occupational safety, health, fire protection and environmental protection
Requirements
· Degree in business administration, logistics, transport, industrial engineering or comparable courses of study at a college, university, university of applied sciences, university of cooperative education
Completed vocational training with relevant professional experience in a management position
· Knowledge and experience in solution design at least at senior level
· In-depth expertise in logistics processes (transport, warehouse, SCM), pricing, project management, sales and customer acquisition
· Very good user experience in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), CRM system & Sharepoint, calculation tools
· Knowledge of AI use (CoPilot, ChatGPT,etc.)
· Expert MTM UAS/Logistics (Methods-Time Measurement) knowledge
Fluent in German & English
Skills
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