Commercial Advisor

Commercial Advisor - Tenders

Bridge of Don, Aberdeen

Hybrid - 3 office / 2 home

Are you a confident and proactive individual who can hold their own in a fast-paced environment?

Do you have experience managing tenders in a deadline driven arena?

Are you eager to have a hand in shaping strategic global growth initiatives?

Job Summary:

The Commercial Advisor will support the Commercial team, preparing and co-ordinating tenders and proposals within client deadlines supported by the business units. This role will report to the Contracts and Commercial Lead and will have 1 direct report. Tendering experience is essential. This vacancy presents an excellent opportunity to join us at an exciting time of expansion and support strategic global growth initiatives.

Role and responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to the following:

• To create and manage commercial / technical proposals in SAP;
• To ensure that the ICR Proposals and Tender Process is adhered to at all times;
• In conjunction with the engineering team, prepare technical and commercial proposals
• Actively lead the co-ordination of the tenders process from receipt to submission with support from BU Leads, including undertaking all Client portal submissions as required;
• Host tender kick off meetings, create an action log and ensure response timelines are actively managed and adhered to
• Support with compilation cost estimates;
• To liaise with clients / organise and attend meetings during the proposal and tender process;
• To ensure that tenders and proposals are checked and approved in a timely fashion / from both a technical and commercial perspective;
• Support with internal governance relating to delegation of authority compliance
• On receipt of client purchase orders, complete Sales orders in SAP system;
• Accountable for the completion and response issuance for any business pre-qualification process;
• Actively manage and track updates in various client based online vendor management systems (Avetta, Ariba, Sequal, FPAL, Achilles UVDB, ISN etc)
• Team working, helping each other, and standing in for each other, as required and planned;
• Provide guidance and support development of junior members of the Commercial team
• Undertaking any other activities and support as determined by line manager.

Knowledge and experience required:

• Knowledge and experience of preparing and drafting commercial / technical proposals
• Experience of co-ordinating and preparing tender responses mandatory
• Experience in co-ordinating, completing and submitting prequalification responses essential
• Experience in reviewing Contract terms and conditions advantageous
• Proficient in the use of SAP and Microsoft packages;
• Strong communication skills;
• Ability to effectively work within a small close-knit team;
• Ability to manage multiple work scopes on a day-to-day basis;
• Ability to take on wide ranging tasks;
• Ability to prioritise workloads.

Only those that meet the full essential requirements and answer the qualification questions will be engaged with. If you have not heard from us within 7 days of your application, you need assume your application has been unsuccessful.