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Job Position: Senior Tender Officer


Employment type: Permanent

Posted date: 2024-12-12

Deadline date: 2024-12-31

Recruiter: Saria Consultancy

Job Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Category: Logisitc, Procurment and Supply Chain

Current Salary: Negotiable

Career Level: Senior Level

Job Summary:

The Senior Tender Officer is responsible for identifying the most advantageous bid in terms of cost, quality, and delivery time to bring a significant contribution to the company's growth and success. The Senior Tender Officer must understand the project requirements and the procurement process in detail, so as to lead the preparation, coordination, and submission of tenders by ensuring compliance with client requirements.    

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Regularly monitor relevant online platforms and industry-specific sources to identify new tender opportunities;
  • Assess each tender opportunity for alignment with the company's capabilities and strategic goals, and verify the company's eligibility to participate;
  • Work on detailed project timelines for each tender, ensuring all tasks are completed and deadlines are met;
  • Prepare technical and financial tender documents as required and submit the approved document before the deadline;
  • Identify all the pre-qualifications and present them to the management for review and approval;
  • Monitor the preparation and submission of the tender document as per the rules and guidelines set by the company;
  • Ensure the content, formatting, completeness, consistency, and compliance for the tender submission process;
  • Prepare tender review information in order to ensure methodology, pricing and margin contingency are adequately adhered to;
  • Ensures all relevant documentation for bid proposals is complete and accurate;
  • Creating a compelling proposal that meets the requirements while also standing out from the competition;
  • Identify risk and opportunity in the proposal pricing in order to mitigate inherent risk at the tender submission stage;
  • Ensure the efficiency of the tender process through planning, organizing, and implementing;
  • Coordinate with the respective department for document procurement in process of tenders;
  • Manage and monitor the overall tender process team to obtain maximum efficiency, quality, service and profitability for the organization;
  • Coordinating the activities of different sections of projects in both pre and post-contract stages;
  • Perform other duties assigned and delegated by the Human Resource Manager

Requirements

Academic qualification 

  • Degree in Procurement, Purchasing, or related business fields

Additional qualifications 

  • Strong time-management and organizational skills;
  • Ability to coordinate several tasks at the same time;
  • Well-developed negotiation skills;
  • Self-motivated and hardworking;
  • Prior experience in working with contract administration;
  • Good understanding of the tender process;
  • Well-developed negotiation skills;
  • Proficiency in Office Computer applications.

Years of experience: 

  • 5+ years of experience in similar assignments is advantageous

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