Job Description: Business Development Coordinator
Date: 27 February 2025
Location: Dubai
Reference: BDC/ME/AW/0225
Duties:
- Maintain company prequalification with major client prospects.
- Handle company interaction with prospective clients’ e-procurement systems.
- Manage and maintain the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, ensuring accurate and streamlined information for efficient management.
- Conduct research and preparation for meetings to ensure effective communication.
- Read and understand design consultancy Requests for Proposal, prepare summaries, and assist in the planning of necessary tasks for response.
- Interact with sub-consultants to obtain quotes as part of tender preparation.
- Assess sub-consultant quotes and assist in preparation of budgets.
- Interact with company Contracts Department to obtain review of service agreements.
- Update company prequalification documents periodically, including CVs, capability statements, and cut sheets, to ensure relevance and accuracy.
- Build and update a database of potential sub-consultants.
- Use InDesign, Word, and other software tools to prepare capability statements, expressions of interest, prequalification submissions, and tenders under the direction of professional staff.
- Assemble and submit documents following company templates and guidelines.
Requirements:
- At least 5 years relevant working experience (experience in architecture, interior design, and landscape design firms is an advantage).
- Intelligent, organized, careful, and thorough.
- Fluent in written and spoken English (Arabic a plus).
- Dedicated – willing and able to make extra effort and meet deadlines.
- Loyal – maintains confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Takes initiative – identifies necessary and useful tasks ahead of instruction.
- Willing and able to learn and take on increased responsibility.
- Basic understanding of the design consultancy sector (experience preferred).
- Experience in the Middle East is an advantage.
Aedas provides opportunities for long-term career development with an expanding international practice. We offer an attractive compensation and benefits package including a 5-day work week. Interested parties please send detailed CV, current & expected salary, and availability.
Aedas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.