Our brand Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia entered the life of Košice region in 2006 under the name of T-Systems Slovakia and ever since has been inextricably linked with the region when became one of the founding members of Košice IT Valley. We have managed to grow from scratch to the second largest employer in the eastern part of the country with more than 3900 employees. Our goal is to proactively find new ways to improve and continuously transform into the type of company providing innovative information and communication technology services.

We`re team of experts who are responsible for steering bid preparation for complex customer projects. As a BID Manager III you will steer of bid preparation from invitation to tender through to contract conclusion. The holder of the position is overall responsible for the Bid deliverables and adherence to internal policy and procedures as well as client specific requirements that may be relevant to the deliverables. 

WHAT WILL YOU DO? 

Role
•    Lead the end to end management of bids, ensuring high quality and on time responses to customers.
•    Manage the complete lifecycle of bid projects (Opportunity Assessment to Contract signature & Handover to Delivery).
•    Ensure all submissions are prepared on time and to a high standard, in accordance to company Sales Governance Process and conform to the sign off process.
Responsibilities
•    Develop and manage the bid costs together with the lead solution manager for all phases of the bid 
•    Plan the production of proposal or contract schedule submissions to the client.
•    Coordinate the amalgamation of all proposal parts, delivered by solution team, HR, Finance & Controlling, Legal affairs or other internal or external units.
•    Identify, present and evaluate risks of the proposal and contract in collaboration with all involved units (Risk Tool set & RAID Log)
•    Be able to understand commercials of a bid and able to support escalation of costs where required
•    Lead Win / Loss review
Bid Team Management
•    Identifies and secures appropriate resources and team support required to develop, package and price custom solutions. 
•    Create a plan and drive the kick off meeting and key strategy meetings throughout the bid
•    Lead the virtual bid team to deliver a high-quality response on both new prospect and existing client opportunities
•    Clearly communicates requirements of the team and resolves ambiguity
Governance
•    Manage internal stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of the bid
•    Manage all points of sales governance with key business stakeholders
•    Initiate processes and delivers documents for the approval boards and manages escalations as appropriate.
•    Coordinate and accompany the handover process to transition & transformation team.

YOU WILL SUCCEED IF YOU: 

• Achieved master’s degree
• Are fluent in English language (C1), German language is an advantage (B1) 
• Have minimum 3 years’ experience in ICT Analysis, Architecture & Design
• Have good MS Office skills - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint 
• Are able to effectively manage all those who input into the response/submission. 
• Are highly-organised and can coordinate the work of others
• Understand technologies in the telecommunications industry well enough to challenge the solution
• Are confident and able to communicate clearly to senior management and customers
• Have ability to lead, enthuse and motivate a team of solution, financial, commercial and legal contributors in achieving a successful deal submission
• Have excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise work
• Excellent Communication and negotiations skills
• Strong stakeholder management
• Strong Excel and financial / commercial literacy
   

WHY SHOULD YOU CHOOSE US?

Benefits

We believe in balance between work and personal life. An attractive and extensive work-life balance portfolio guarantees lasting motivation for employees and thus a better quality of life, promotes physical and mental well-being and contributes to a positive work environment. All this with the aim of providing more freedom in reconciling work, career growth, private life and individual lifestyle. Therefore we offer to our employees over 25 different benefits to improve their personal and professional life in these areas:

• Financial benefits
• Benefits with focus on learning and development
• Benefits with focus on health and sport
• Benefits with focus on family and work – life balance
• Other benefits

For more information about our benefits click to Benefits

Salary

Final salary is negotiable.

We are offering base salary depending on seniority level and previous experience of candidate. In addition to base salary we provide variable part and other financial benefits. Base salary will not be lower than 2 500 € /brutto.

Additional information

* Please be informed that our remote working possibility is only available within Slovakia due to European taxation regulation.