Specialist - Bid Management
Location: Mumbai
Role Purpose
Are you a recent graduate or someone with a few years of experience looking to build your career in a fast-paced, global environment? Are you highly organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about turning ideas into compelling proposals?
This role is a great opportunity to launch or grow your career at the heart of a global software company supporting the airline industry.
As a Bid Management Specialist at Accelya, you ll play a key role in shaping the proposals that win business coordinating inputs from across the company, managing timelines, and helping create high-impact submissions that reflect the best of what we do. You ll gain exposure to sales strategy, marketing messaging, and product positioning, while working closely with teams across the business. It s a dynamic role ideal for someone who enjoys writing, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Bid Management
- Support the coordination, editing, and delivery of complex proposals using established templates and bid best practices.
- Collaborate with internal teams to gather inputs, manage approvals, and ensure timely, high-quality submissions.
- Organize and support regular bid team meetings and forums.
- Implement and improve bid processes aligned with company standards.
- Maintain a bid tracking system to monitor deadlines, deliverables, and outcomes.
Proposal Development
- Develop clear, concise, and persuasive proposals tailored to client requirements.
- Effectively highlight Accelya s strengths, differentiators, and value in alignment with commercial goals.
Response Management
- Manage shared content libraries and document templates to ensure consistency and accuracy.
- Update and improve content in line with evolving product capabilities and messaging.
CRM & Tool Integration
- Use and understand CRM systems, especially Microsoft Dynamics, to support bid activity tracking and pipeline visibility.
Data Analysis & Reporting
- Analyze bid performance data and identify trends to support decision-making.
- Prepare dashboards and reports for management insights.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with sales, pre-sales, product, legal, finance, and operations teams to align bids with business objectives and compliance requirements.
- Facilitate clear communication and collaboration across departments.
Knowledge, Experience & Skills:
Education:
- Bachelor s or MBA degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
Technical Skills:
- Strong data analysis skills and proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Excellent presentation and document formatting skills in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word
- Familiarity with CRM systems, particularly Microsoft Dynamics
Soft Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Strong organizational and multitasking ability
- A passion for marketing and telling stories through proposals
- High attention to detail and a drive for quality
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn
What do we offer?
- Open culture and challenging opportunity to satisfy intellectual needs
- Flexible working hours
- Smart working: hybrid remote/office working environment
- Work-life balance
- Excellent, dynamic and multicultural environment