ADComms, a Panasonic Company, delivers innovative technology solutions and services to owners and operators of mission critical infrastructure.

With extensive experience in the telecommunications and networks markets, ADComms works with clients to develop intelligent connected solutions that solve operational challenges. We innovate, design and build telecoms, network, energy and train borne technology solutions, while providing a dedicated customer service. Our maintenance organisation supports our solutions post deployment, to ensure reliability and extended operational life.

Supporting the Business Development Team by preparing costing & submission documents to respond to customer enquiries. Co-ordinating between the business functional departments to ensure we respond both in a professional & timely manner to all enquiries.

Key Activities/Elements
This post is responsible for the preparation of bids & tenders for ADComms to include:

• Review of received invitations to tender to identify suitability against the business strategy
• Interpretation of customer requirements and development of appropriate bid strategy with the Bid Manager
• Requesting and engagement of departmental resource as required to support submissions
• Preparation of detailed budget costings to support submissions
• Presentation of submissions for review & acceptance by Bid Review Panel
• Customer interface for ongoing bids & follow up of submissions
• Provide information to assist with the maintenance of the live tender database and bid register
• KPI reporting for forecasting & continuous improvement
• Provide assistance when required for completion of Expressions of Interest, Pre-Qualification Questionnaires, Bid Documentation & Quotes as required by the business
• Optimise the technical proposal to be a competitive cost to our clients
• Ability to present estimates by compiling both numerical and descriptive information
• Ability to identify resource, equipment, material and time requirements for various Telecoms (to include Civils and Electrical elements) projects cost elements.
• Ensure the bid/estimate is built up methodically and in sufficient detail and is in accordance with good estimating practice
• will be required to work with several internal stakeholders from Sales, Procurement, Project Management and Engineering.

Knowledge and skills

• Experience of bid & quotation processes & completion of submissions
• Experience of working in the Rail Industry
• Experience of Telecoms products and installations
• Ideally be Degree Qualified in a relevant subject, Quantity Surveying or related discipline
• Familiarity with standard Rail & Construction Industry Contract Terms & Conditions
• Excellent computer skills & will be proficient in the use of Excel, Word & other Microsoft Office applications

General duties

1. Finance
• To be cost effective in all contracts and purchasing undertaken in the department.
• Proactively look to take cost out of department / business through efficiency and automation P&L Control

2. Quality and Compliance
• Compliance with Panasonic’s Quality Processes.
• Compliance with Panasonic’s Policies and Procedures.
• Partaking of all corporate requirements e.g. ISM. CSR, Antibribery & Corruption, Competition Law (list not Exhaustive)

3. Administrative / Miscellaneous
• General administration
• Undertaking of any project within the skill set of the position
• Attendance of required training
• Undertaking of business trips

4. Health, Safety and statutory compliance
• Comply with all required policies and procedures (central & local ones).
• Comply with Health & Safety Policies.
• Always keep safety in mind and act in a safe manner.
• Ensure H&S breaches are reported