Company description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in 120 offices across 50 countries worldwide.

The Business Generation team are the custodians and drivers of best practice and expertise across all aspects of marketing and business development: winning bids, brand and profile, digital and social media and key client management. As the business grows across the Middle East, we are looking for talented professionals to join us to make a difference.

We are looking for an ambitious Bid Assistant to support the Saudi Business Generation team. The post holder will support the delivery of winning bid submissions. It’s a fantatic opportunity for somewhere who has some experience in bidding and is looking to build their career in this specialism.

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring vendor portals for opportunities to bid
• Updating vendor registrations as required
• Manage incoming bid opportunities from email inbox for distribution
• Creating RM entries, uploading RFP documents for legal review
• Creating baseline documents for bid responses
• Completing company profiles, supplying standard documents for pre-qualification questionnaires
• Organising meetings for bid teams
• Supporting the wider bidding team in capturing best practice answers and sharing new materials
• Setting up MS Teams channels for bid management
• Setting up profiles from Turner & Townsend CV
• CV formatting following standard branding

Skills and behaviours required:

• Two years of experience in a bid support role
• Demonstrate ability to multi-task and adhere to deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Well-organised with a customer-orientated approach
• Good knowledge of MS Office products (Power point, word and excel)
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Qualifications in Marketing, Business or relevant field is a strong advantage
• Excellent written and spoken English essential, Arabic language skills advantageous

Location and travel

• The post holder will be based in our Riyadh office
• There is no requirement for travel beyond occasional trips to Dubai

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.