Proposal Coordinator

**Company Description**
As part of the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, you share the benefits of our stability and growth; secure employment in a financially stable, Swiss-based company; a proud heritage that has been making the world a better, safer place for over 140 years; and a global, multicultural, and multinational organization.

Grow in a company that is the home of global knowledge and expertise; that operates in a wide range of countries, services and sectors; and that offers you endless opportunities to learn, grow and fulfill you potential

In the spirit of continued growth, we are currently looking for a Proposal Coordinator.

You will be part of a small but tight-knit team as part of a diverse organization in a fascinating industry.

**Your responsibilities**
- You act as the lead for assigned budget requests, in response to RFP and CIS requests.
- You identify the internal or external client’s requirements and you interact with business development and the operational teams to obtain input for your budgets.
- You set up budgets (ballparks, detailed budgets, client-specific bid grids) for our various clinical conduct services, including our early phase clinical sites, biometrics activities and clinical operations.
- You take care of all necessary administrative proceedings.
- You establish and adhere to timelines for completion of deliverables in cooperation with the sales team and/or the operational teams.
- You ensure clear and open communication towards upper management, the sales team and the applicable operational team members (and occasionally our clients).
- You review, verify, and evaluate cost estimates to ensure agreement with written information, client specifications and internal assumptions.
- You conduct quality control measures to ensure the final budget meets the company and departmental standards.
- You interact with the other Proposal Development team members to ensure alignment on processes, transfer and sharing of expertise and knowledge, and to develop the department’s improvement projects.

**Qualifications** What do you need to be successful?**
- Minimum of a bachelor degree
- Proficiency in MS Excel
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with fluency in English
- Detail oriented, critical thinking, problem solving
- Able to coordinate several activities / projects simultaneously
- Able to interact with all levels of management as well as clients
- Able to work independently but a team player when needed
- Commercial approach

**Added values on your profile**:

- Experience in the clinical research industry and a general understanding of clinical trial protocols trials is a plus
- Experience in developing and / or managing budget quotations, preferably in the
- CRO / pharmaceutical industry

Lastly, you can recognize yourself in the following characteristics:

- ** Professional**: you bring quality, excellence, and ownership to everything you do
- ** Responsible and results-oriented**: you have a sense of accountability for business results
- ** Committed**: you bring your whole self to work with passion and focus
- ** Driven and eager**: you are curious, flexible, and ambitious to learn from a global network
- ** Open to learning**: from the range of different skills, backgrounds, and behaviors around you
- ** Capable of taking ownership and being independent**:

- ** Ambitious**: you always challenge yourself to continuously improve and be the best you can be

**Additional Information** What we can offer you**:

- A truly rewarding career, working at the highest level of international standards for quality, safety and integrity
- The chance to share our growth and stability.
- Continuous learning from the best experts in the industry
- The chance to expand and enrich your career
- Professional and personal growth
- Experiences and opportunities across the global business

**Do you want to be part of this?