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