Assistant Manager, Bid Support

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way .   Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong.  Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.    Title : Assistant Manager, Bid Support Reporting to : Director, Bid Centre of Excellence Key stakeholders : Proposal Managers/Directors, Business Line Leads, Sales Enablement and Operations Leads, Graphic Design Leads, Subject-Matter-Experts Direct reports : Bid Support Analysts and Specialists Duties & responsibilities The role requires the ability to manage and groom a team of Bid Support Specialists – for producing bids/proposals, draft responses, pitch presentations, case studies, various sales collateral, and a repository of business metrics in accordance with Clients’ requirements and JLL value proposition.   To accept total responsibility and demonstrate individual capability of writing and development of effective, concise, and compelling content, and contribute to the success of the business division.   What this job involves – Proposal (Bid) Management Role: ■       Develop and submit consistently high quality, compliant, customer-focused bid responses for RFIs/RFPs, proposal presentations and clarifications, within allocated time. ■       Demonstrate a strong individual ability for proposal/business writing, understanding of proposal themes and flow of information, proactive approach to baselining an RFP response, JLL business understanding, eye-for-detail for any gaps and errors, ability to develop impactful presentations, and incorporate graphic design inputs – to finalize bid-related output. ■       Develop / update / maintain proposal baseline repositories – structured as per a logical taxonomy and content type and ensure processes for easy search and retrieval for the required proposal/topic at hand. ■       Understand the various business sectors applicable for JLL and the proposal components for each sector (commercial/workplace, industrial, residential, hotels and retail). ■       Where required, undertake research on customer and opportunity, and gather competitive information to feed into bid-evaluation process and responses. ■       Engage with all organisational SMEs to ensure that their inputs are received, well understood, and incorporated in a timely manner. Utilize these SME inputs to keep the baselines constantly updated. ■       Work with and obtain necessary information across business lines, regions, functional teams and SMEs to complete JLL presentations and baselines. ■       Champion proposal best-practice; assist with driving consistency across all documents in accordance with JLL corporate standards & templates and revise necessary standards to fit region and client specific demands. ■       Enhance visual impact of bid responses / presentations and work with graphic designers to create, edit, proof-read, and review graphics as needed. ■       Ensure alignment to governance protocols, internal processes, trackers, update calendars and document control guidelines to maintain the required content in a logical manner. ■       Undertake end-to-end responsibility of managing and maintaining repositories of business metrics, past bids, case studies, and varied other content type on JLL digital systems and platforms such as SharePoint sites. ■       Manage multiple assignments simultaneously, while working both independently and with other proposal professionals Team Utilization and Management: ■       Manage a