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Position\: Senior Tender Engineer

Location\: Bogotá, Colombia

We are looking for Senior Tender Engineer to make a difference

This position is accountable for preparing a response to the Request for proposal/Quotation on moderate size and complex Customer’s opportunity, from start to finish, so that the response offered the best Value Proposition. This includes reviewing the RFP/RFQ, planning and determining the scope of works and tasks, determine the best product/equipment/software/services offers, liaising with factories and vendors, challenging the factories and vendors’ offer, costing and determining the market price level, working with various internal stakeholders, i.e. opportunity leader, business leader, project management, engineering, solution purchaser, legal, contract management, solution risk management, analyze risk and opportunities etc. as well as to stablish communication and relationship with the customer To prepare/revise the offer till the closure of the opportunity, attend and support bid clarification with the opportunity leader, organized Contract Review as well as hand-over package to the project management team. This position is expected to be self driven, taking ownership and initiative to complete the require task within the timeframe agreed with the Opportunity Leader.

Responsibilities\:

To coordinate, prepare and compile bid submission documents in relation to tendering/bidding activities, tender questionnaires and pre-qualifications.To organize and harness the efforts of all involved departments (finance, Tax, legal, etc) relating to tendering/bidding activities and contract reviewTo coordinate customer’s bid requirements within the various departments such as planning, QA/QC, HSE, Engineering, Production, etc., collate and compile all queries and requests for additional information for communication to customersTo assist commercial department in cultivating good relationship with existing and potential associates/customersTo vet through incoming tenders and to note down tender due date, project start and end date, tender submission instructions/requirement and mode of submissionTo collate tender information and references from various sources marketing team, lessons learned, industry and market intelligence data etc., which are needed for submissionTo monitor and ensure that tender submission due dates are strictly adhered to, including the checking, binding, packing and preparation of outgoing submissionsTo ensure that tender submissions are standardized in terms of internal governance process, format, font, logo, etc. and in line with customer’s tender requirementsTo Assist in hand over the project related papers and documents to the executive team in case of being awarded.