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Winnipeg, Canada Area

• Successfully manage bus and coach bids, and provide guidance to the team.• Oversee the coordination and management of projects and programs related to Business Development.• Work closely with other departments and relevant stakeholders on the implementation of new products, programs and/or service offerings. • Oversee the coordination and maintenance of selling price strategies.• Establish good working relationships with leaders across all business units.• Balance workloads within the team.• Work closely with the Director of Business Development to develop Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to monitor and manage specific team targets.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

CONTRACT PROPOSAL ANALYST – April 2013 to July 2016• Analyze and evaluate complex bids • Identify margin enhancements to maintain or increase the overall profitability for contract renewals.• Distinguish customer buying patterns and inventory sell through.• Review contract language and coordinate with Legal Counsel, AON Reed Stenhouse Inc. and Finance to ensure the company is free from all risks and liabilities.• Develop and maintain standardized customer specific proposal documentation.• Establish a process to monitor all contracts on a monthly basis.• Create processes and procedures for the Bid Award process.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

• Act as the primary contact with the customer during the Bid preparation stage. Prepare all contract changes after initial bid submission including the submission of a best and final offers (BAFO).• Analyze and evaluate complex bids to ensure New Flyer puts forth the best proposal possible in an effort to secure potential business. • Prepare proposal packages and chair pre-pricing and pricing meetings to set final price. • Review technical and contractual approved equals with the Bid Specialist-Group Leader and make sure all non-compliant issues are reviewed with management prior to submitting to the customer.• Request all Bill of Material pricing from Supply Management. Prepare pricing, technical and contractual requirements to meet the customer specification(s). Ensure all required documentation and submittals are attached prior to submitting the bid to the customer.• Distribute all documentation necessary to submit a complete, comprehensive and accurate proposal to all internal departments for their feedback prior to submitting to the customer.• Coordinate with the Engineering Bid Specialist and Engineering Bid Analyst to confirm all critical milestones and dates are met.• Review forecasts with Regional Sales Managers on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.• Prepare the backlog report monthly and press release data quarterly.

150 Beghin Avenue

Vita Health Products was founded in 1936. Since then, the company has grown from a small mail-order operation selling herbs and patented medicines into one of Canada's foremost suppliers of over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical products and natural health products.Based in Winnipeg, Vita Health has over 220,000 square feet of manufacturing, packaging and distribution facilities; in addition to a sales and customer support office in Toronto, Ontario.Purchased in 2008 by The Nature's Bounty Co., Vita Health Products is a vertically integrated manufacturer, marketer and distributor of a broad line of high-quality, nutritional supplements throughout Canada.Personal Contributions:• Managed a team of Account Managers.• Worked closely with Sales Representatives, Customers and internal departments to build strong business relations and produce accurate time lines. • Managed large accounts including Wal-Mart Canada, Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaw Brands, Safeway, Sobeys and many others.• Coordinated product launches, re-designs and re-launches.• Identified potential problems that could affect the product launch schedule and provided solutions.• Managed and maintained the extensive Wal-Mart Canada promotional calendar.• Assisted Finance and Sales with the quoting process.• Worked with Field Sales to update forecast on a regular basis.• Coordinated artwork designs with Graphics, Sales and the Customer.• Created marketing materials (brochures, sell sheets, product samples, backdrops, P.O.S. merchandise etc.), and attended tradeshows.• Implemented several processes and procedures enabling the department to operate more effectively and efficiently.• Held weekly team meetings and provided summaries to senior management.• Initially hired as a Marketing Coordinator but rapidly promoted to an Account Manager and then to Manager, Customer Care Retail.

Business Diploma, Marketing And Administration

Marketing, Graduated with Honors Entrepreneurship was a six-month course that was required in order to graduate the program. I was elected.

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