Bid Manager

Company Description

Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.

Zayo is seeking a Bid Manager to drive and lead the proposal development for the assigned RFx's. This role will report to the Director of Bid Management. The Bid Manager will manage the proposal development process, including leading proposal kickoff calls, defining win themes, creating the timeline and tasklist, leading the proposal production and coordinating with subject matter experts. The Bid Manager will be responsible for writing, editing, proofreading and confirming all requirements of RFP are met.
Responsibilities:

• Provide strong leadership to drive the proposal process.

• Lead proposal development efforts working closely with SMEs.

• Coordinate with the bid team to ensure bids are created to the highest quality.

• Own the proposal development process with the specific responsibility for proposal compliance, development, quality, and on time delivery.

• Manage multiple concurrent RFPs at any given time.

• Allocate proposal sections to various SMEs.

• Develop and maintain the proposal timeline and tasklist.

• Perform desktop publishing and illustration support. Prepares both hard and soft copies as required.

• Upload solicitation material including the Original, Working and Final documents to the shared designated folder.

• Coordinates the inclusion of the pricing material into the proposal.

Qualifications:

• Must have prior bid/proposal management expertise.

• Bachelor’s Degree or above with minimum of eight (8) years of related experience in proposal preparation.

• Must have experience reading and analyzing requests for proposal (RFPs) and requests for quotation (RFQs).

• Candidate needs to possess exceptional organizational abilities to manage simultaneously occurring tasks.

• Interpersonal, communication, team-building, and attention to detail are critical skills.

• Expert knowledge of MS Office is essential.

Base Salary Range: $66,500 - $95, USD/annually, commensurate with experience.

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Benefits, Rewards & Wellness

• Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan

• Fitness membership discounts

• Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave

Zayo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.