Tendering Section Head

  • Full-time

Company Description

Established in 1989, ABEC was restructured in 2020 to deliver innovative buildings efficiently and provide fully integrated construction service. The company had a wide history of construction projects in various industries in the past, which now decided to take a different route focusing on specific types of buildings.

Job Description

Strategic Duties

  • Participate in all strategic company plans.
  • Participate in the business model for the company.
  • Monitors the Business Unit performance against pre-set performance goals.

General Admin Duties

· Participation in the Decision to enter into tenders after studying the financial and contractual conditions of the projects & company workload.

· Assesses risks and makes recommendations based on a thorough analysis of all factors involved in a Tender situation

· Develop & Share with stakeholders, the Tender strategy in terms of Sub-contractors & Procurement items

· Selection of suitable sub-contractors and vendors

· prepare & Review & authorize dry cost and project OH

· Participate in the decision related to profit & risk

 · Develop & submit accurate and consistent technical & financial bids including required input of relevant departments.

Technical Duties

  • Update project procurement & subcontracts strategy in coordination with GM.
  • Update project vendors & subcontracts list in coordination with  GM approval
  • Prepare procurement & sub-contract target costs & obtain GM approval
  • Prepare procurement & sub-contract payment conditions & collaterals & obtain GM approval
  • Ensure all materials and sub-contractors are submitted for approval by or before the approved schedule
  • Ensure all  sub-contracts are issued/signed by or before the approved schedule
  • Review & validate POs & subcontracts during the award.
  • Resolves contractual and commercial issues related to operations with sub-contractors
  • Review & validate variation orders for clients, vendors & sub-contractors
  • Lead weekly team workflow meetings.
  • Awareness of staff to-do lists and priorities per team member.
  • Coaches employees on best practices for managing tenders &contracts issues and handling daily issues and tasks
  • Maintain sustainable and productive relationships with existing & potential clients
  • Ensuring commercially related departments' understanding to sub- contractual obligations; reflecting them accurately
  • Work closely with the projects managers; ensure optimum delivery of the project whilst exercising control procurement and management of the supply chain.
  • Manage daily operations effectively.
  • Support business development plans (marketing – sales – CRM) and follow up with his team monthly.
  • Update and develop relations with stakeholders for the projects.
  •  Prepare a yearly business plan and follow up on it.
  • Prepare all reports related to tenders' target achievement.
  • Prepare & Review and approve all tenders before closing.
  • Prepare project budget and update it by projects control manager and approval from GM.
  • Prepare all tender reports starting from the invitation to the company until closed.
  • Maintain all relations with subcontractors and suppliers.

Qualifications

Minimum required Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil or Architecture Engineering.

Language Proficiency 

  • Fluent in English & Arabic, other language is an asset

Professional Experience

  • A minimum of 10+ years of experience in a related field experience.

Skills and Abilities

  • Leadership skills               
  • Planning, organization, and detail orientation
  • Decision Making
  • Team building and collaboration
  • Ability to lead and initiate strategic business plans 
  • Conflict resolution skills
  • Negotiating/Influencing Skills
  • Organizing and coordinating skills. 
  • Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications. 

Professional Knowledge

  • Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
  • Ability to analyze and solve problems. 
  • Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports. 
  • Ability to supervise and train staff, including organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments.