Bidding Solutions Manager

About the Bidding Solutions Associate position

We are seeking a Bidding Solutions Associate to foster long-term, trusting relationships with our internal teams and global customers. In this role, you will oversee a portfolio of assigned clients, utilizing our proprietary quoting system to develop high-impact proposals. Your primary responsibilities will include drafting these proposals, determining project feasibility, and managing the framing and costing for each bid.

This is an in-person growth opportunity based in Princeton, New Jersey. We are committed to providing a clear and successful career path for the individual who joins our team in this position.

Overall Role & Responsibilities:

As a designated Manifest Bidding Solutions Associate, you will be based directly within the Manifest Sales team and report to the head of Sales. Your role will be pivotal in day-to-day communication with our internal teams and at times clients, providing a contact point for requests, bids and internal liaison to help ensure our client needs our met as a solutions-based provider within the primary market research healthcare space. This role will reward those looking to either initiate a new career pathway within a commercial capacity or equally those already in commercial and who are looking to gain rapid experience and progression within the industry, working within a highly experienced team.

Bidding Manager responsibilities are:

• Acting as a communication hub for internal teamrs to help support their clients/customers

• Finding opportunities to assist with the growth of the company

• Developing ideas/strategies to help build a good relationship with clients

• Assisting with critical issues and escalations on projects with any internal quote updates as needed.

• Support senior commercial team with the management of new and existing clients.

• Primary role is to generate bid proposals, as a result of client requests for all sales managers. 

• Consult with internal teams and at times clients on sample design and business issues.

•  Gather country specific healthcare data to present to clients for proper targeting and set study expectations.

•  Responsible for contacting panel vendors worldwide to review specs, provide capabilities, negotiate pricing and commission project.

•  Responsible for project related matters including commencement kick off calls, planning and project timelines, and issue resolution.

•  Act as Liaison point between operations and client as needed.

•  Maintain relationship with existing vendors while scoping new vendors worldwide.

•  Conduct research for difficult specifications or diseases to set client expectations and provide client with reasoning behind actual feasibility and pricing.

Bidding Solutions Associate requirements are:

• Experience in an account management role or related profession

• Excellent math and critical thinking skills

• Customer service experience

• High degree of understanding budgeting and costing

• Excellent Excel skills 

• 1-2+ years experience working within the Healthcare sector is preferred, but not required

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent in both written and spoken english

• Detail oriented 

• Out of the box thinker

• Pro-active in communicating

• Comfortable speaking on the phone and writing emails to clients 

• Experienced with HubSpot CRM software is preferred 

• MS Office 365 knowledge or Google Suite knowledge is required (WORD, POWER POINT, EXCEL, GMAIL, TEAMS)
  

• Has a desire to learn and can take direction

• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities

• Excellent negotiation and leadership skills

• BA/BSc degree in Marketing, Business or related field

• Knowledge of the Healthcare Industry and the understanding of different therapy areas