Job Description:
Who we are?
Europa Worldwide Group is an ambitious independent logistics operator with three divisions, Europa Road, Europa Air & Sea, and Europa Warehouse, and has been featured in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 for three years.
The group employs over 1,100 people with 16 sales offices in the UK, and the Republic of Ireland, plus European teams in France, Belgium and the Netherlands and internationally in Cape Town Hong Kong, China, India and the UAE.
We are looking for
A skilled and detail-oriented Tender Administrator to join our team in Manchester. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the tender process from enquiry to submission, ensuring compliance with all requirements and deadlines. This role requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively under pressure.
What can we offer in return?
· Competitive package
· Convenient Onsite Amenities: Free car parking and an onsite canteen for your convenience.
· Generous Time Off: Benefit from 25 days of annual leave.
· Enhanced Family Leave: Benefit from enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay.
· Benefits portal: where you access a wide range of exclusive discounts, company benefits, wellbeing resources and much more.
· Wellbeing Focus: Access our employee wellbeing programme for your overall health and happiness.
· Referral Rewards: Earn up to £1000 by referring a friend to join our team.
· Work-Life Balance: Thrive in a fantastic working culture that promotes an excellent work-life balance.
· Recognition Programs: Celebrate your contributions with our charity 50-50 and long service awards.
What you will be doing:
· Responsible for downloading, reviewing and storing tender documentation (RFI, RFQ and supplier information) ensuring that all GDPR and data governance practices have been adhered too.
· Track all identified tenders within excel, ensuring that the information stored within is highly organised, accurate and up to date.
· Maintain the tender tracker to the highest standard and monitor tender developments through each round of the process to provide updates and any changes to the Tender and Key Account Data Analyst Manager.
· Co-ordinate with internal teams (Strategic BDM’s and Branch Manager’s) to gather, complete and store all tender related documents to support with completing a customer RFI.
· Work with the Tender and Key Account Data Analyst Manager to establish the most cost-effective approach when costing a tender.
· Co-ordinate with internal teams to gather all costs necessary with a view of being best in the market to win the business.
· Provide necessary documentation to the Tender and Key Account Data Analyst Manager and all internal parties upon request.
· Prepare and submit accurate tender responses within set deadlines and in accordance with the tenders’ requirements.
· Establish and maintain great working relationships with project leads and all internal parties.
· Assist the Tender and Key Account Data Analyst Manager with the development of future tender strategies.
· Possess strong networking skills to expand business knowledge and working relationships internally and externally.
· Support with ad-hoc data related queries as well as maintaining existing excel spreadsheets.
· Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by the line manager.
Our Ideal Person:
· Proven experience in tender administration or a similar role
· Excellent organisational and time management skills
· Strong attention to detail and accuracy
· Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· High proficiency in use of Excel & PowerPoint
· Ideally knowledge of tender regulations and procedures
· Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a curious nature
Europa Worldwide Group do not accept agency CV submissions unless specifically requested/ engaged with the role by the Internal Recruitment Team. Please do not submit speculative CV’S to our Recruiters, Employees, Hiring Managers, or any branches/locations directly. Europa will not be responsible for any fees related to CV’s received in this unsolicited manner.
Please note - if you submit your CV, you are giving Europa Worldwide Group Ltd, and its subsidiaries consent to hold your personal data. All applications will be dealt with according to General Data Protection Regulations.
Europa Worldwide Group are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.