Quotes and Tenders Senior
Alistair James Company Ltd
Alistair Group is one of East and Southern Africa’s fastest-growing service companies, providing a variety of self-delivered logistics solutions across several geographies, aimed with the vision to Make Africa Work Better! With core competencies in road freight, warehousing, commodity trading and operational hire of material handling equipment, the Group strives for continuous expansion of innovative ancillary services to grow the business vertically, complimented by a healthy dose of entrepreneurial flair. The business has gone from strength to strength, growing quickly in both its geographical coverage and variety of services offered to clients. In 2024, the Group exceeded the 1000 employee mark and managed a fleet of well over 1000 trucks. With Alistair’s aggressive and exciting growth strategy, the Group is poised for significant further expansion and a greater impact in Africa.
Core Services:
+ Freight Forwarding
+ Clearance & Forwarding
+ Energy Industry Support Services
+ Equipment Rental
+ Commodity Trading
+ Integrated Solutions
+ Warehousing
+ Ocean Freight
Industries:
+ Mining
+ Oil & Gas
+ Agriculture
+ Construction
+ Explosives
+ Renewables
Mission
To make Africa work better
Company Values
Honesty, Customer Focus, Continual Improvement, Humility, and Safety
Accountabilities & Responsibility Areas
Quotation Mgt & Allocation
+ Filtering all incoming requests on quote me; ensuring someone is responsible for each quotation and that every quote is turned around in 24 hours (KPI)
+ Administrative lead for the quote calculator.
+ Owning addition of any rates / trips
+ Reconciling with finance to ensure that GP/Day figures in quote calculator are accurate
+ Working with BD Head to request further development on quote calculator as required
+ Control of Streak
+ Ensure Streak is always clean - ie no double entries / blank files
+ Pushing KAMs for rating 4 & 5 start clients correctly
+ Reporting weekly interactions on Streak
Research & Tenders
+ Researching prospective and current projects in our operating regions
Information Gathering
+ Monitoring subscriptions to Mining IQ and the likes
+ Monitoring tender opportunities via websites, newspapers and other materials
+ Gathering intel from Alistair Group employees on;-
+ Potential projects
+ Add leads to Streak
+ Make first contact
+ Add Alistair Group to the supplier list
+ Handing over leads to relevant KAM
Tenders
+ Formulate and present tender strategy to BD Head for agreement
+ Create tender action plan and team
+ Provide template and then project manage tender process
+ Ownership and development of tender master
+ Representing Company at relevant local networking events, attending client meetings as required
Skills and Qualifications
+ Minimum of bachelor’s degree in related field.
+ At least 4 years relevant work experience.
+ International exposure.
+ Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
+ Self-motivation, leadership and Innovation.
+ Excellent written English
Work Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:20 AM – 4:20 PM, and Alternate Saturdays, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
The Company reserves the right to withdraw from the recruitment process at any time, at its sole discretion. The sharing of any aptitude test, assessment, or invitation to an interview does not constitute an offer of employment or guarantee any future employment with the Company. Candidates acknowledge that progression through any stage of the recruitment process does not imply or ensure an eventual offer of employment.
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