Long Description

You play a key role in supporting competitive bids across multiple markets by providing clear, accurate and timely procurement input. You will collaborate closely with Bid Managers, Solution Architects, Category Buyers and Suppliers to ensure all commercial, contractual, and sourcing elements of a bid are aligned, compliant, and delivered within the required timeframes.Your contribution directly improves bid competitiveness, and can increase win rate by ensuring cost accuracy, supplier engagement, risk mitigation, and alignment with procurement policies.

1. Bid Preparation & Procurement Support:
   • Support bid teams by consolidating procurement inputs across IT & Telco categories.
   • Review bid documentation to identify procurement needs, dependencies, and risks.
   • Ensure accurate cost structures (unit rates, inflation assumptions, etc.) and validate them against procurement benchmarks or existing contracts.
   • Prepare the procurement section of the bid input, including supplier strategy, sourcing approach, and key commercial conditions.

2. Supplier engagement
   • Launch RFQs to approved suppliers and coordinate responses within tight bid timelines.
   • Support suppliers in understanding scope, timelines, and technical requirements.
   • Collect, challenge, and consolidate supplier quotations, ensuring clarity and alignment with bid specifications.
   • Coordinate clarifications between suppliers and internal stakeholders.

3. Internal Collaboration & Communication
   • Work with Category Managers, Procurement Excellence, Finance Controllers, Legal, and Bid Managers to gather required inputs.
   • Provide procurement insights during bid reviews (solution review, commercial review, risk review).
   • Respond rapidly to requests for clarifications from the bid team or stakeholders.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and commercial skills, with ability to interpret cost models and bid requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management abilities—capable of coordinating across multiple teams under time pressure.
• Ability to quickly understand technical scopes (IT infrastructure, Telco services, installation services, software resale, etc.) and translate them into procurement actions.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Proactive, structured, and capable of working in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
• Strong understanding of IT procurement lifecycle — demand intake, sourcing, evaluation, negotiation, contracting, and supplier management.
• Ability to run end‑to‑end RFP/RFQ/RFI processes, including scope definition, commercial analysis, vendor scoring, and executive‑ready recommendations
• Knowledge of category strategy development for software (SaaS, licenses, renewals, resale), hardware & IT Services
• Familiarity with global procurement processes and tools.

Experience

• 10 years of experience in IT procurement, sourcing, category management, or vendor management
• 2 to 5 year experience in Procurement Bid support