BD and Tendering Head

Role Purpose: The Business Development and Tendering Head is responsible for driving the strategic growth of the BU by identifying and evaluating projects, forging strategic partnerships, and managing the end-to-end tendering process. This role involves overseeing market research, risk assessments, and cost estimation while ensuring competitive and accurate bid submissions. By leveraging insights, optimizing pricing strategies, and maintaining a centralized knowledge repository, the role ensures alignment with business objectives, sustained profitability, and enhanced market positioning through collaboration and innovation.

Lead Generation & Client Engagement:

• Identify and evaluate projects through targeted market research, relationship-driven lead generation, and monitoring platforms for online tenders and NITs (Notice Inviting Tenders)
• Build and manage a robust project pipeline aligned with the BUs growth objectives, annual targets, and year-over-year (YoY) growth projections, ensuring sustained and scalable business development
• Establish, and maintain strategic partnerships, such as joint ventures and consortiums, with key stakeholders, including government bodies and clients, to align with BU growth objectives, secure repeat engagements and support Pre-Qualification Assessments
• Maintain and deepen relationships with key client stakeholders through consistent communication, personalized engagement strategies, and timely delivery of value to ensure client retention and repeat business

Market Intelligence & Competitive Positioning

Analyze market trends, competitor strategies, and regulatory changes to identify and prioritize potential opportunities
• Monitor competitor activities, including their strengths, weaknesses, and bidding strategies and leverage competitor insights
• Provide data-driven recommendations to senior management on which leads/tenders to pursue
• Maintain a repository of market intelligence and competitor insights to form bid strategies and improve market positioning

Risk Evaluation & Strategic Decisions

Conduct risk evaluations and feasibility studies to assess project viability and profitability
• Lead initial Bid/No Bid decisions, ensuring alignment with BU objectives and resource availability
• Develop mitigation strategies to minimize project risks and ensure alignment with BU objectives

Costing and Estimation Oversight

Manage the costing and estimation team to ensure precision in preparing Bill of Quantities (BoQ) and oversee the site inspections for accurate costing while driving adherence to project timelines and quality benchmarks
• Supervise the development of accurate cost estimates and tender documents, ensuring that each submission meets the required standards and maximizes profitability by maintaining IRR, set profit margins, and cost optimization strategies
• Review and analyze vendor cost structures, ensuring alignment with budget targets and maintaining competitiveness in the market, while implementing value engineering practices and improving market positioning

Bid Process Management

Oversee the full lifecycle of tender management, from analysis of tender documents to final bid submission, ensuring all timelines are met
• Guide the team in addressing pre-bid queries, managing the Request for Proposal (RFP) process, and ensuring meticulous preparation and maintenance of bid documentation and final bid submission
• Implement and oversee a comprehensive bid tracking & performance reporting system to monitor the effectiveness and outcomes of all bids submitted

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate with the design team to implement value engineering measures that optimize design costs
• Align with operations and project controls to identify execution efficiencies and optimize resource allocation
• Work with the procurement team to optimize vendor pricing and negotiate favorable terms to reduce overall project costs
• Coordinate with legal and contracts to mitigate financial risks through effective contract structuring

Knowledge Management

Oversee a centralized repository for tender documents, including costing data, risk assessments, client feedback, lessons learned, win/loss analyses, and competitor insights for streamlined access and reference
• Ensure capturing and analyzation of bid outcomes to integrate lessons learned into future tendering strategies, improving accuracy, competitiveness, and profitability
• Lead regular cross-functional debriefs to share best practices, critical insights, and updates, driving collaboration and continuous improvement