Operational Bid Specialist

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🌐 Bulgaria, Serbia – Remote

🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Remote 🇷🇸 Serbia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

✨ Clinical Specialist

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1956

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Healthcare • Logistics • Manufacturing

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Their mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by supporting life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing laboratory productivity, and improving patient health through diagnostics and the development of life-changing therapies. With a global team, they offer innovative technologies and pharmaceutical services through brands such as Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD.

📋 Description

• Lead, assist with, and develop high-quality, customer-focused proposals • Evaluate RFPs and participate in strategy calls to determine bid strategy • Liaise with business development, contracts and proposals, and operations teams • Consult internal subject matter experts to determine labor requirements and develop processes for non-standard activities • Confirm client-specific bidding standards and verify assumptions not identified in RFPs • Modify proposal text to reflect study requirements and opportunity-specific assumptions • Ensure proposal text aligns with budget • Review client grids for accuracy of mapping and unit definitions • Prepare proposals and revisions for basic to moderately complex opportunities • Interact with clients to help determine requirements and service levels • Attend bid reviews to present and defend budgets to senior management • Update and maintain corporate databases and tracking reports • Ensure bid grids are up to date in the bid system • Maintain strategy documents to support customer-focused proposals

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification • Previous experience providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job, comparable to 2+ years’, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Good organizational skills with ability to prioritize multiple tasks • Ability to provide recommendations on proposal and budgeting parameters • Ability to work well under pressure and adapt to changing priorities • Knowledge of clinical trial proposal process and budget management • Knowledge of Clinical Trial Supply Chain Management • Knowledge of drug development process, FDA guidelines, and GCPs • Proficiency in mathematics and ability to work with budgets • Understanding of unitized grids, unit cost, and unit drivers • Knowledge of functional area project life cycle • Good interpersonal skills and ability to work well with others • Proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel • Problem solving skills • Proven flexibility and adaptability • Excellent command of English language and grammar • Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology • Ability to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities • Regular and consistent attendance

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work in Bulgaria or Serbia, or office/hybrid work in Sofia or Belgrade • Standard Monday–Friday work schedule • Health and wellbeing support • Healthy and balanced work environment support