Tender Management Specialist

Tender Management Specialist – Freight Forwarding

Remote Position

DP World Freight Forwarding

At DP World, we're on a mission to reimagine global supply chains. With a presence in over 75 countries, we're committed to delivering more innovative logistics solutions and world-class freight forwarding services that help our customers trade faster, smarter, and more sustainably.

We're looking for an energetic and detail-driven Tender Management Specialist to join our dynamic Freight Forwarding team. In this exciting role, you'll be at the center of our growth strategy—shaping winning bids, optimizing global collaboration, and ensuring our customers experience the very best of what DP World has to offer.

About The Role

As a Tender Management Specialist, you'll act as the critical link between our commercial teams, procurement specialists, and product experts across multiple regions and transport modes. Your goal? To deliver compelling, competitive, and commercially sound proposals that help us win new business, retain valued customers, and grow our global freight forwarding revenues.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, international environment, loves managing complex projects, and is motivated by seeing their efforts directly drive business success.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead Tender Preparation: Coordinate the RFQ/P/I process for both new and existing customers across multiple modes and geographies.

• Collaborate Globally: Engage with commercial, pricing, product, and operations teams worldwide to build winning strategies.

• Craft Winning Proposals: Develop professional, customer-focused responses to RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs that clearly articulate value and meet client objectives.

• Ensure Compliance & Timeliness: Deliver complete, accurate, and competitive tenders on schedule.

• Risk Management: Identify potential risks throughout the tender process and propose innovative, proactive solutions.

• Pricing Optimization: Review and challenge global pricing strategies with product managers to maximize competitiveness and profitability.

• Post-Bid Excellence: Facilitate post-bid reviews with leadership and commercial stakeholders to ensure continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

• Customer Consulting: Act as an advisor to customers and our global network on best practices in tender management.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.

• Experience in tender management, freight forwarding, logistics, or a related commercial role.

• Strong analytical skills and financial acumen with the ability to interpret data and drive decision-making.

• Excellent project management, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel); SAP or similar systems experience is a plus.

• A proactive, detail-oriented mindset with the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

About The Role

How you will contribute

• Prepare, develop and maintain location budgets for plant locations including key metrics and volume tracking and providing timely financial analysis of operating results in terms of costs, budgets, operating policies, trends and incremental profit opportunities.

• Monthly analytical review, balance sheet account reconciliations, variance analysis and monthly reporting packages and preparing content and participating in monthly and quarterly operations reviews.

• Developing and implementing an annual budget process, monthly forecast methodology and daily/weekly P&Ls for plant manager while providing input and reviewing key data points for daily, weekly and monthly operational metrics of plant.

• Conducting cost model analysis for justification of in-sourcing and out-sourcing decisions, plant equipment transfers and new business proposals and assisting in developing internal control policies, guidelines and procedures for activities such as budget administration, cash and credit management and accounting in line with company procedures, practices and SOX compliance.

• Developing annual capital expenditure budget and forecast with management team in addition to assisting with all quarterly and year-end audit requirements such as: publishing accurate month end financials reviewing monthly close for your location and providing support for monthly journal entries required including revenue, MHE, supplies, temp labor, travel, etc.

• Review, approval, support and tracking of spend of all capital expenditures that relate to assigned locations and review of financial summaries and all supporting detail with engineering, ops and business development

• Tracking of actual results and identification of deviations to assumptions per pricing and ongoing modeling of updates to new business as scope changes occur and accurately reporting of new business to operation and business development and within SAP while tracking of launch budgets associated with new business

• Correct accounting for new business in line with accounting manual in addition to ownership of all Accounts receivable, latest status and next steps for assigned customers and locations and identification of escalation contacts within customer AP group as well as internally within business and initiate communication and resolution of issues.

• Prepare monthly package and coordinate review of location financial results with operations and Director/VP of finance with explanation of variances to mid-month, LV, budget, etc.

• Ownership and tracking of all fixed assets and leases within your location including updates to ZLAM, asset tagging, understanding of lease end dates and future investment in leases and fixed asset strategy.

• Other duties as assigned

Your Key Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

• Experience in a hands-on, operationally focused finance role previously

• Experience in a warehousing environment preferred

• SAP & BPC experience highly desirable

• Knowledge of principles and practices used in accounting

• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools – especially Excel

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a global leader in end-to-end supply chain solutions.

• Work in a collaborative, international environment where your ideas and contributions directly impact business growth.

• Access professional development opportunities and a clear career path within DP World's expanding global network.

• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the chance to shape the future of logistics.

Ready to make your mark?

Apply today to join DP World and help us connect people, markets, and economies through smarter logistics.

DP World is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.