Benefits
- access to an employee vehicle-leasing scheme, free motor accident assistance, discounted vehicle repairs and discounts on weekend vehicle hire and van hire.
Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app that gives you more control over you your pay, helps you save, provides financial advice and offers discounts on your shopping.
About you:
1. A motivated, proactive and driven individual with excellent communication and relationship building skills.
2. Proven track record in managing and delivering multiple projects within set timescales.
3. Strategic outlook and good commercial acumen.
4. Ability to understand, analyse and interpret different data sources.
5. Understanding of the end-to-end business to business tender process.
6. Previous experience of working in a client services environment and a successful career within automotive industry, specifically vehicle hire is desirable but not essential
7. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are fundamental to the role.
8. Experience of using multiple MS packages and media (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio) and attention to detail are essential.
9. Excellent time management skills ad ability to work to tight deadlines
10. Analytical and negotiating skills are crucial.
Duties and responsibilities:
11. Build strong relationships and provide ongoing support to key business executives and stakeholders as well as potential clients
12. Identify all tender opportunities in both the UK Public and Private sectors
13. Responsible for adherence to bid response process and strategy for UK tendering opportunities (full cycle from identification & qualification to award, including facilitating customer meetings pre and post tender, presentations etc.).
14. Support and coordinate all bids and tendering activity across the UK, both regional and national, for all products and services
15. Support the completion of all formal written responses (PQQs, ITTs, RFQs, ITQs etc) in close liaison with sales / account managers and existing / potential clients
16. Coordinate with all levels of the business.
17. Take responsibility for compiling all written material in which to formulate Northgate formal responses to tenders in timely manner
18. Ensure that all formal tender responses and written operational/commercial proposals are submitted in line with deadline requirements
19. Ability to compile, review, analyze and present data to support proposals and presentations
20. Drive continuous improvement.
About us
Part of Redde Northgate plc, Northgate Vehicle Hire has grown to become the UK’s largest B2B light commercial vehicle rental provider. We’re here to keep people and businesses moving, that’s what we do. Whether that’s by renting one of our cars or vans, managing a customer's fleet, servicing, and repairing their vehicles, assisting with insurance, helping to deal with the consequences of an accident, or selling off unwanted fleet. With the best people and businesses in the industry within our Group, no one else can do what we do!
Be part of our future
If you would love to join our friendly team in Reading as a Bid and Proposal Executive, we encourage you to apply today for an immediate consideration