Analyst - Bid, Enterprise Business at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Analyst - Bid, Enterprise Business

Job Identification: 3491
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job Category: MTN Level 2
Job Schedule: Full time
Reports To: Senior Manager Business Analytics
Division: Marketing

Mission

• Respond to RFx (Request For Proposals (RFPs); Request For Quotes (RFQs); Request For Information (RFI); Invitation To Tenders (ITTs); Expression of Interests (EoIs); etc.) on behalf of MTN Nigeria.
• Appropriately respond to Vendor Management requests (Vendor Pre-qualifications/Registrations/Assessments/Audits, etc.)

Description

• Support sales team in making the most of sales opportunities through driving intelligence gathering and value-adding bids and proposals 
• Ensure compliance to MTNN’s accepted bid governance & processes, regulatory requirements and the use of best global practices in the preparations of bid responses
• Drive increase in revenue through proactive participation in competitive bids, tenders and proposals
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of bid team’s activities
• Ensure adequate and timely response on vendor registration requests
• Ensure competitiveness of bids by engaging both the Pricing Team and the Account Team
• Ensure different bid portals are active and up and running
• Notify respective teams before hand of the expiration time of corporate certificates used in bidding and follow up till renewal
• Provide support to any division in MTN that may require to respond to a bid and approaches Enterprise Business for support
• Coordinate all key stakeholders within and outside the organization to achieve complete bid responses
• Look out for more beneficial bids that the business will participate in and provide all the support during participation
• Follow up on submitted bids to ensure more wins and more revenue
• Project manage the bid preparation process & submission to customer (requirements gathering, clarification meetings, design/solution gathering, stakeholder meetings/input, collation, packaging and submission instructions from customer) 
• Ensure proper scoping of technical requirements & solution proposition is gotten for the stakeholders (Presales & NES)
• Adhere to procurement guidelines of customers to avoid bid rejection/disqualification

Education

• A First Degree in Information Management, Information Communication Technology or any of the Social Sciences 
• Fluent in English

Experience:

• 3 - 7 years experience including:
  • At least 2 years Financial, Technical, Sales or Customer Support experience preferably in the ICT & Telecoms environment 
  • At least one-year experience in Bid Management Processes and Life Cycle
  • Knowledge of Enterprise Products, Network systems & terminologies
  • Strong stakeholder/relationship management, negotiation and engagement skills will be added advantages
  • Excellent skill on the use of MS Word, Excel and Power Points
  • Knowledge of MS Visio and Projects will be added advantage
  • Excellent Interpersonal Skills.

Application Closing Date
17th October, 2023.