Bidding Specialist

Bidding Specialist

Status:
Regular, Full time

**Location**:
Concord, Ontario
Job Description

Reporting to the Business Centre Manager, the Bidding Specialist provides pricing and/or technical information as it relates to electrical project tenders.

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Prepare and submit customer quotations/proposals (Quantity, product, price, and delivery/lead times) to secure sales and provide customer service.
- Identify potential projects for bid and compiles list of material requirements (e.g., supplies, lighting, switchgear, and other distribution apparatus).
- Read and interpret specifications and blueprints.
- Communicate with suppliers and customers to discuss material specifications, clarify and confirm bill of materials, negotiate pricing and identify alternatives for special or custom orders. Interact with consultants representing customers to obtain approvals for bidding.
- Provide material (switchgear/apparatus, and lighting) take-offs for preparing customer quotations.
- Coordinate receipt of all required information for the preparation of final quotation submittal.
- Communicate with Account Reps/Executives and Inside Sales Reps to ensure quotes and resulting orders are complete
- Prepare purchase orders and/or job folders for project sales order management.
- Communicate with customers to verify and provide information on project status and/or changes

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Minimum three (3) to five (5) years of industry experience preferable, or a combination of relevant professional training and experience;
- Ability to interpret Single Line Diagrams- Good English communication skills written and spoken
- Demonstrated people skills;
- Excellent communication and organizational skills;
- Product knowledge;
- Must be customer service driven;
- Good knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).

What’s in it for you

Voted Great Place to Work®, you can build an interesting and challenging career with possibility of advancement as well as continued personal and professional development. Guillevin has always given its employees the opportunity to develop their autonomy, professional skills and competencies. By joining us, you will integrate a team of motivated, competent, and engaged team players. Our Total Rewards package focuses on our human capital to create an environment where our employees can reach their full potential.

What we offer:

- A fast-paced, dynamic, empowering and friendly work environment open to today’s reality.
- Competitive salary and participation in our generous profit-sharing program that recognizes the individual contribution of our employees. There is no limit to your ingenuity; you are encouraged to create, improve, learn and surpass yourself.
- Flexible benefits program where you can choose the benefits and levels of coverage that are right for you:
- Health, dental, paramedical & vision care, and prescription medication- Short
- and long-term disability benefits because you never know what the future holds- Supplemental Health Insurance- Life insurance- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with Telemedicine- Travel Insurance
- Reimbursement of training expenses to acquire new skills and advance your career within the organization
- RRSP with generous employer contribution
- Possibility of contributing to a TFSA with a favorable group rate
- Post-graduate scholarship program for children of our employees
- Employee discounts on purchases
- Free parking
- Electric vehicle charging stations in many of our locations

Guillevin ensures equality in the recruitment and selection process by making employment decisions based on qualifications, relevant experience, knowledge and capability, demonstrated skills and accomplishments.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

The masculine gender is used solely to simplify the text.