About the job
Job Purpose
As an Associate in Bid and Design, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our sales and project teams by providing expert design and specification services. Your collaboration will help craft innovative solutions that align with our customers' workspace strategies, ultimately enhancing the value that Haworth brings to their organizations. You will be responsible for ensuring that all tasks are completed with precision and within specified timelines, focusing on accurate pricing and cost estimation to maximize financial outcomes and operational efficiency.
Your Daily Responsibilities
Bidding & Tender
Collaborate with the Sales Team to comprehend tender requirements and expectations for preparing responsive documents.
Execute design and specification tasks, including product configuration, space planning, and floor layout designs.
Upon finalization of drawings, develop comprehensive proposals featuring a bill of quantities, product images, detailed specifications, and solutions that meet customer technical requirements and tender scopes.
Engage with Haworth factories and third-party suppliers to obtain pricing and lead times for non-standard products, accompanied by CAD drawings.
Partner closely with the Shared Service Centre Visualisation teams to fulfill visualisation requests that substantiate the value propositions of proposals.
Prepare data and pricing for third-party product data creation for order files and entry processes.
Create Operational Maintenance Manuals and product presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Maintain an organized archive of all drawings and files.
Ensure timely submission of all drawings and quotations to customers.
Bidding & Tender Coordination
Consolidate and verify all essential documents for relevance, accuracy, and completeness to compile responses to tenders, ensuring collaboration with Sales for timely submissions.
Assist the Bid & Design Manager in coordinating activities with the Shared Service Centre regarding deliverables and timelines, while clarifying tender scope as needed.
Develop presentation and mood boards for mockup exercises.
Create engaging presentation materials in Microsoft PowerPoint for sales pitches.
Life Cycle Services
Work alongside the Project/Life Cycle Service Manager to develop pricing and proposals for churn, reconfiguration, and service requests from customers.
Calculate margins for service works to be logged by the Shared Service Centre Order Services Team.
Prepare OBK files for ordering spare parts for reconfiguration projects.
