The Senior Specialist - Quotations develops proposals and bids, collaborates with various teams, negotiates with suppliers and customers, and ensures timely and accurate documentation for project quotations.
As a Senior Specialist – Quotations, you will develop proposals, bids, quotations, or other documents describing organizational products and services in response to requests from prospective clients. You will collaborate with members of the Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, or product teams to ensure content is complete, accurate, and timely. You may be responsible for developing responses to the most complex or high-value inquiries.
Responsibilities:
- Identifies and qualifies potential projects for bid and compiles list of material requirements including, supplies, lighting, switchgear, and other distribution apparatuses.
- Interacts with consultants representing customers to obtain approvals for bidding.
- Communicates with suppliers to discuss material specifications, clarifies and confirms bill of materials, negotiates pricing and identifies alternatives for special or custom orders.
- Supervises negotiations with both suppliers and customers.
- Provides material including, data-com, switchgear and apparatus, and lighting, take-offs for preparing customer quotations.
- Coordinates receipt of required information for preparation of final quotation submittal.
- Communicates with customers to resolve problems with projects during bidding process.
- Follows-up on open and outstanding quotations with salespersons and customers to determine status.
- Communicates with account representatives, account executives, and inside sales reps to ensure quotes and resulting orders are complete.
- May identify sales or cross-sell opportunities within current customer base.
- Encourage to cross-sell with our business partners during project bids/tenders stage.
- Processing of project orders, following up with Inventory team and coordinating with customers appointed logistics partners will be required.
- Compiling and submission of project documents as per customers’ project requirements.
- To be able to work within the required submission timeline on bids/tenders/documentation submission.
- Communicate with oversea customers/vendors/business partners after office hours might be required at times due to time differences.
Qualifications:
- High School Degree or Equivalent required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- 5+ years of related experience is required
- Previous experience pulling together full bid packages
- Broad knowledge of product lines and pricing strategies
- Experience interacting and negotiating with customers and supplier representatives to obtain pricing information and cooperation
- Ability to read and interpret specifications and blueprints
- Strong math and analytical skills
- Strong communication and organization skills
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Strong computer skills
This posting is for a current, active vacancy intended for immediate hire.
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