Bid Coordinator

National Food Group•Novi, MI

36d•Onsite

About The Position

We’ve got a position cooking on our K12 team . We’re looking for a Bid Coordinator who is detail-oriented and interested in a career in the food industry. At National Food Group, we’re proud of our fun, collaborative, and progressive culture. We’re always looking for ways to innovate corporate life to be more fun and convenient for our team members, especially in these unprecedented times. When in the office, team members can enjoy our hot and cold beverage machines, a clubhouse and other fun meeting spaces, an in-house gym, and an Innovation Center where all our cooking magic happens! Our team has a good balance of work and play. Fun is one of our five core values, and that extends to having fun giving back. Through our Project SERVE corporate social responsibility, we volunteer together, donate food, provide and sponsor education about health and the food service industry, and work to reduce food waste and increase sustainability efforts. We also celebrate and educate about diversity, equity and inclusion. To learn more about Project SERVE visit nfgprojectserve.com. Why do we all do what we do here? To give food a home! Your essential duties: You’ll be doing bid management, as you likely guessed, handling various types of government bids and large contracts. Work with our fantastic Purchasing and Sales teams to get pricing from vendors and suppliers. Drop some knowledge - propose specific products to our Sales Team Leads, based on the bid requirements you see. Put on your anti-reflective, blue-light-filtering computer glasses, and research bids and customers, and then organize and review the bid documents. Extra, extra, read all about the contracts and bids to make sure all rules and regulations are followed. Be a foodie, but for food knowledge – you must be willing to learn all about food and shipping industries to be more informed on bid specifications and requirements. Keep the whole team in line and on schedule – you’ll need to identify and record detailed work showing the entire bid process. Formally prepare and submit bids with all required information as requested. You’ll perform detailed job duties in a fast-paced sales office. Attention to detail is critical. You’ll learn to speak the lingo, using specific terminology with Sales, Logistics and Purchasing.

Requirements

Exceptional writing and communication skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PDF) and Outlook
Attention to detail
Work well in a team environment
Extremely organized
Love for process
Competitive – eager to win!
Self-motivated
A good understanding of business revenue and gross profit
Possess a strong sense of urgency, and know how to prioritize work
Adaptable and flexible – enjoy doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction
High stress tolerance – thrive in a high-pressure environment

Responsibilities

Bid management, handling various types of government bids and large contracts.
Work with our fantastic Purchasing and Sales teams to get pricing from vendors and suppliers.
Propose specific products to our Sales Team Leads, based on the bid requirements you see.
Research bids and customers, and then organize and review the bid documents.
Read all about the contracts and bids to make sure all rules and regulations are followed.
Learn all about food and shipping industries to be more informed on bid specifications and requirements.
Identify and record detailed work showing the entire bid process.
Formally prepare and submit bids with all required information as requested.
Perform detailed job duties in a fast-paced sales office.
Learn to speak the lingo, using specific terminology with Sales, Logistics and Purchasing.