Operational Bidding Specialist - EMEA

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Job description

We are vital links between an idea for a new medicine and the people who need it. We are the people of PPD - thousands of employees in locations worldwide connected by tenacity and passion for our purpose: to improve health. You will be joining a truly collaborative and winning culture as we strive to bend the time and cost curve of delivering life-saving therapies to patients.

Our Global Clinical Supplies team cover all aspects from purchasing to global inventory management and from distribution to destruction.

We have a new vacancy on our Global Clinical Supplies Team for a Operational Bidding Specialist. This is a permanent full-time position and can be based in EMEA

In this role you will support the achievement of financial and business objectives by leading, assisting and developing high quality, customer focused proposals. Collaborates with leaders and sponsors to produce end product.

*Responsibilities*

* Evaluates RFPs and participates in strategy calls to determine the most efficient and effective bid strategy.
* Liaises with business development, contracts and proposals, and operations teams to ensure that the proposal and strategy meet the business needs.
* Consults with internal subject matter experts to determine labor requirements, develop processes for non-standard activities, like FSPs, confirm client specific bidding standards and verify assumptions on specifications not identified in RFP.
* Modifies the proposal text to reflect study requirements and assumptions specific to the opportunity and ensures proposal text aligns with budget.
* Reviews client grids to ensure accuracy of mapping and unit definitions.
* Prepares proposals and revisions for basic to moderately complex opportunities.
* May interact with client to assist in determining requirements and service levels.
* Attends bid review to present and defend budget to senior management.
* Updates and maintains corporate databases as required and ensures accurate information is included in tracking reports.
* Ensures bid grid is up-to-date in bid system
* Maintain strategy document to ensure the best customer focused proposals

*Qualifications:*

*Education / Experience*

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
* Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years') or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

*Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required*

* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Good organizational skills with ability to prioritize multiple tasks
* Ability to provide recommendations on key proposal and budgeting parameters based on knowledge and experience
* Ability to work well under pressure
* Ability to adapt to changing priorities
* Knowledge of clinical trial proposal process and budget management
* Professional ability to interact with individuals at all levels
* Knowledge of Clinical Trial Supply Chain Management
* Knowledge of drug development process, FDA guidelines, GCP's
* Proficiency in mathematics and ability to work with budgets
* Understanding of unitized grids, unit cost, unit drivers
* Knowledge of functional area project life cycle
* Good interpersonal skills and ability to work well with others
* Proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel
* Problem solving skills
* Proven flexibility and adaptability
* Excellent command of English language and grammar
* Management Role
* No management responsibility
* Working Conditions and Environment
* Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.

At PPD we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognise the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD truly value a work-life balance. We've grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organisation but with a local feel.

- We have a strong will to win - We earn our customer's trust - We are gamechangers - We do the right thing -We are one PPD -

If you resonate with our five principles above, and ultimately wish to accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics for some of the world's most urgent health needs, then please submit your application (in English) - we'd love to hear from you.

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