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AIT is a global freight forwarding and logistics company headquartered in Chicago. Are you looking for an exciting and varied job? Then you are exactly right for us! Become part of the international supply chain and move the world with us!
Introduction
Move the world with us!
AIT is a global freight forwarding and logistics company headquartered in Chicago. Are you looking for an exciting and varied job? Then you are exactly right for us! Become part of the international supply chain and move the world with us!
Does that sound interesting? Then make AIT Worldwide Logistics the next stop on your career ladder!
Overview
The Strategic Tender Manager may be based in any of our European locations.
As a Strategic Tender Manager at AIT, you will be responsible for managing and overseeing the international tender process from initiation to completion. You will work closely with various departments, including sales, operations, and legal, to develop competitive and strategic tender proposals that align with the company's objectives and contribute to its growth and success. A candidate that can make spend analyze through a thorough analytical view. Objective analysis uncovering anomalies, spot trends and identify opportunities in price reduction.
Responsibilities
Ability to manage the Tender network life cycle:
* Preparation and Planning: Lead the tender process, ensuring that all necessary documents, including RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs, are thoroughly reviewed, and that key milestones, delivery, and execution of the tender management process.
* Lead and Manage Tender outputs usable, accessible, transferable, and adaptable to Sales Representatives and Branch audience. Ensuring Scope of Service objectives are clearly defined and understood.
* Managing Transparency in Global Network Pricing with all modes, enabling Stakeholders and Sales Representatives to sell competitively to clients.
* Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with various departments to gather information and data required for tender submissions, including sales, finance, legal, and subject matter experts.
* Risk Assessment: Identify potential risks and issues related to tender submissions and develop mitigation plans to ensure the company's interests are protected.
* Negotiation and Presentation: Represent the company in negotiations with clients or government agencies during the tender process. Prepare and deliver presentations to key stakeholders.
* Proposal Development: Lead the development and writing of high-quality tender proposals, ensuring they meet all requirements and convey the company's value proposition effectively.
* Identifying Opportunities and finding solutions to challenges through-out Supply Chain Network, improving lead times for end customers, and enabling sales growth.
* Compliance: Ensure that all tender submissions are fully compliant with relevant laws, regulations, and company policies.
* Win/Loss Analysis: Analyze the outcomes of tenders to identify areas of improvement and lessons learned to enhance future strategies.
* Actively work and support internal teammates to ensure a high level of performance across the entire organization while sharing ongoing process improvements.
Qualifications
* Minimum of 7 years’ experience within logistics supply chain environment
* Excellent math skills and accuracy in pricing by segment cost and roll up costs.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office; Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Power bi (Intermediate, strongly preferred).
* Strong organizational skills including demonstrated ability to effectively organize and prioritize workload and manage in a multi-task environment.
* Fluent oral and written English is a must.
* Additional (major) International languages would be an asset.
* Strong communication and excellent interpersonal skills (including telephone, e-mail, Zoom, Teams, and presentations skills) and the ability to communicate accurate information.
What AIT Can Offer You
In addition to a competitive salary and benefits, we offer great programs for our employees, f or example, 5 volunteer hours a year to give back to the community in a charitable event.
About AIT Worldwide
AIT Worldwide Logistics is a global freight forwarding company headquartered in Chicago USA. For more than 40 years, customers have relied on AIT as an industry leader for supply chain solutions with a consultative approach, a global network and trusted partners in virtually every industry. These include aviation, automotive, consumer retail, food, government, healthcare, high-tech, industrial and life sciences. Backed by sustainable, user-friendly technology, AIT's flexible business model enables customized door-to-door deliveries by sea, air, land and rail - on time and on budget. With experienced teammates, in more than 100 global locations across Asia, Europe, India and North America, AIT offers full-service options, t hese include customs brokerage, warehouse management and all- round worry-free services.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Other
* Industries
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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