Bid Analyst

Join a manufacturing leader with over 50 years of excellence, where every role contributes to building reliable transportation solutions that people depend on everyday across the United States and Canada. At ENC, we prioritize safety, quality, innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth – creating vehicles our teams can take pride in.

Responsible for identifying, analyzing, and coordinating responses to public and private sector solicitations, including Requests for Proposal (RFPs), Invitations for Bid (IFBs), and Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) for bus parts and components. This role serves as a key liaison between internal departments and external stakeholders to ensure proposals are compliant, competitive, financially sound and submitted on time. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical skills and can review solicitation documents, legal terms and conditions, financial requirements, contractual obligations, and compliance requirements.

This position plays a critical role in mitigating risk, supporting pricing strategies, and managing the overall bid process from opportunity identification through submission and award tracking.

• Review and monitor multiple customer procurement portals daily for new bid opportunities, solicitations, amendments, and contract updates.
• Analyze and interpret solicitation packages, including RFPs, IFBs, RFQs, contracts, specifications, terms and conditions, insurance requirements, and financial obligations.
• Conduct comprehensive legal and financial reviews of bid documents to identify risks, compliance requirements, exceptions, and areas requiring management review.
• Track and manage all bid opportunities using internal reporting tools and databases, maintaining accurate records of deadlines, status updates, awards, and submissions.
• Coordinate bid activities and timelines to ensure all proposal requirements are completed accurately and submitted within required deadlines.
• Work closely with different internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify contractual risks and collaborate with management and legal counsel to propose acceptable deviations, exceptions, or alternative language when necessary.
• Ensure all proposals comply with customer requirements, company policies, regulatory requirements, and contractual obligations.
• Maintain bid libraries, templates, standard forms, certifications, and supporting documentation.
• Develop and implement best practices, processes, and standardized templates to improve the efficiency and consistency of bid preparation and contract review.
• Prepare executive summaries and bid analysis reports highlighting key legal, financial, operational, and compliance considerations for management review.
• Monitor contract award notifications and assist with post-award documentation and contract administration activities.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to proposal management, contract compliance, and business development processes.
• Coordinate with procurement and shipping teams to ensure timely delivery of materials.
• Monitor delivery schedules, follow up on shipment status, and resolve any fulfillment issues proactively.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Contract Management, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in bid analysis, proposal management, contract administration, pricing analysis, procurement, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of contract analysis, solicitation review, and proposal development.
• Ability to interpret complex legal agreements, contractual terms and…