Bid Manager in Australia

Job Description

The Bid Manager will be responsible for the management and support of solicited bids in ANZ. The Bid Manager will be responsible for the management of sales bids for Oracle Consulting and Joint XLOB bid opportunities. You will understand the business needs, produce high quality response documentation, coordinate the scoping, pricing, reviews, and approvals to deliver winning response submissions and successful bids. Through this process the Bid Manager must ensure that all bid deliverables produced are of the highest quality and compliant with regional bid governance processes.

THIS IS A 6 MONTH’S CONTRACTUAL ROLE WITH A POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION OF CONTRACT (MIGHT LOOK AT A PERMANENT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL)

Ideal Candidate will have

· University degree with over 8 years IT industry experience, preferably with presales/technical background in cloud implementations

· Good business acumen and understanding of software applications, technology, and hardware (front office, back office, IT, Digital, Technology)

· Previous experience with managing several medium to large scale Bids over the last 3 years

· Ability to work within and ownership of deadlines

· Demonstrated ability to work in teams and within a complex team environment

· Excellent interpersonal skills and customer interaction skills

· Demonstrable customer centricity attitude

· Demonstrably high level of competence in leveraging MS Word, Excel and Microsoft Project to maximise bid effectiveness

· Ability to drive process and bring structure to disparate functions within the context of a bid

· Ability to manage and coordinate a multi-functional, multi-organisational team with minimum supervision

· Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and facilitation skills

· Ability to communicate effectively in English both verbally and written.

· A strong attention to quality of work and detail

· Knowledge of Customer procurement processes and Contractual frameworks applicable in ANZ

Career Level – IC3

Responsibilities

Manage or support all allocated bids including the coordination of input from multiple LOB’s

· Own and continually improve the bid process and sub processes

· Develop, maintain, and share reusable intellectual property

· Facilitate bid qualification (go/no go) in accordance with Oracle Consulting documented bid management and approval processes

· Ensure all assigned bids are Oracle compliant and have been subjected to the Bid Governance process prior to submission

· Participate in Win/Loss reviews

· Document and share lessons learnt so that successes can be replicated by fellow team members

· Ownership and timely completion of all assigned bids

· Compelling proposal deliverables and increasing win rates for all managed bids

· Work closely with all key Oracle stakeholders

· Optimisation of supporting bid team resources, to minimise cost of sale as directed

· Track and maintain all assigned bids in the OC Bid Register

· Share best practices so that successes can be replicated by fellow team members

· Progress deal through the contracts phase.

· Manage contract preparation processes.

· Consult Oracle Risk, Legal and Deal Management teams to finalise contracts.

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