Sales Support Coordinator

Purpose of the role

The main feature of this role will be to offer support to the Japan Business Unit.
The role is to provide support to the Business Development Manager and Senior Management team, ensuring the effective provision of administration support to the business unit, maintaining concise records and detail of CBRE’s correspondence.

The Business Unit Sales Coordinator will be required to assist the Business Development Manager and Bid Manager in the development, writing and production of bespoke and winning tenders.

This role requires the ability to work under pressure and to demanding deadlines.

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■Main duties and responsibilities 
　Sales Support Co-ordinator duties:

• Conduct customer research and due-diligence on prospects as required, creating an information pack
• dentify, review, evaluate and understand the requirements of identified business opportunities and suggest successful strategies for response. This includes completing the New Bid Template
• Work closely with the Business Development Manager to manage tenders from initiation to submission. This may include phoning subcontractors to request quotes, helping labour load and build S1s
• To manage the contributions of others supporting the bid to ensure timely delivery of best quality responses
• Attendance at tender site visits, client meetings and preparation of presentations where necessary
• Work with the business development team to develop systems and procedures to improve the overall efficiency of sales process

Nature of role

• Primarily office based and internally facing although there may be some meetings with clients, where appropriate.
• Out of hours work may be required to meet tight deadlines as set by customers.
• All work and opportunities are to be treated as highly confidential.
• Person Specification and Key Competencies

Skills                                                

l  Japanese native

l  Proficient in the use of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Experience     

l  Experience of a similar role in a medium-sized business.

l  Well-developed communication skills enabling the individual to work with Senior Managers, clients, suppliers, and staff of all levels and abilities.

Aptitudes       

l  Must be detail conscious, accurate and methodical in approach.

l  Strong organizational and communication skills. 

l  Able to work systematically and use own initiative. 

l  Able to work on more than one task at any given time. 

l  Must demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and be able to work as part of a team as well as independently.

Success Criteria         

l  Completes work within required time frame and delivers against critical cut off dates.

l  Timely and accurate preparation of correspondence, reports and other administrative documents.

Desirable        

Intermediate to business level of English.