Bid Manager – International Projects (F/M) at MEMORIST · Cape Town

We are looking for our Bid Manager to lead our responses to international tenders. Your role is to turn complex heritage needs into winning proposals across English-, German- and Spanish-speaking markets, and to support our growth in Africa.

Who are we?

MEMORIST is dedicated to the preservation, restoration and promotion of heritage in all its forms. From hand-crafted document restoration to high-definition digitisation, the safeguarding of audiovisual collections and the use of VR techniques to share heritage with the general public, we support institutions and companies worldwide in safeguarding their memory. Our multidisciplinary teams work across the entire chain of conservation and promotion of public and private heritage.

Key Responsibilities

• Bid Management: Identify and qualify international tenders, assessing each opportunity's feasibility, strategic value and competitive landscape, and prepare Go / No Go decisions. Analyse tender specifications and lead the preparation of responses to calls for tenders: build the response schedule, assign contributions, write and assemble the technical and administrative documents, and coordinate contributors through to submission. Proposals are written in English, German or Spanish.

• Costing & Financial Management: Consolidate project costings with our engineering teams and optimise logistics costs for international projects.

• Multi-Expertise Coordination & Partnerships:

– Bring together MEMORIST's historical expertise from its brands (Arkhênum, AGP, Vectracom, La Reliure du Limousin, TRIBVN).

– Identify and coordinate local and international partners to build consortia and turnkey offers.

• Presentations: Present and defend our solutions to prestigious clients (Governments, Museums, International Institutions).

• Knowledge Management: Maintain our library of bid content and learn from each tender outcome.

• Market Intelligence: Monitor competitors, pricing and trends in international heritage tenders to sharpen MEMORIST's positioning and anticipate upcoming opportunities.

Profile

• Education: Engineering degree or business / international trade degree with a strong technical interest.

• Experience: 2 to 5 years in bid management, pre-sales or international tenders. Consortium experience is a plus.

• Languages: Fluent English essential (C1), professional German and Spanish required (B2 minimum). French is an asset.

• Skills: Excellent writing skills, strong organisation under tight deadlines and the ease to convince high-level stakeholders.

Pay: Up to R35 000,00 per month

Work Location: In person