Tender & Contract Specialist

About the role

Maersk Contract Logistics is looking for a Tender & Contract Specialist to coordinate and manage the end-to-end tender process for Road Freight, Warehousing and integrated fourth-party logistics (4PL) solutions. The role brings together commercial, solution design, operations, procurement, finance, legal and technology stakeholders to deliver compliant, compelling and commercially sound submissions within customer deadlines.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the tender lifecycle from request for information, quotation or proposal through clarification, submission, negotiation support and award handover
• Develop tender plans, milestones, responsibility matrices and review schedules, track dependencies and escalate risks to submission deadlines
• Maintain a tender register, requirements and compliance matrix, clarification log and controlled document versions
• Coordinate costing and pricing inputs from finance, product, operations and procurement, and validate Excel pricing workbooks
• Work with procurement to secure and compare carrier, warehouse and third-party quotations
• Translate tender documents into a clear scope and integrate Road Freight and Warehousing workstreams into coherent 4PL proposals
• Support bid/no-bid assessments and develop customer-specific win themes and value propositions
• Develop clear PowerPoint presentations and Word proposals, run quality and compliance checks, and coordinate final reviews and submission
• Act as central tender coordinator, handle post-submission clarifications and negotiate, and hand over awarded business to implementation and operations teams
• Maintain reusable bid content and templates on Microsoft Teams and SharePoint, capture lessons learned and update CRM records

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, Logistics or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in logistics, supply chain solutions or commercial enablement, including coordinating complex tenders in a 3PL or 4PL environment
• Strong understanding of Road Freight, Warehousing, integrated 4PL, logistics costing, pricing structures and solution design
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent tenders and meet demanding deadlines
• Excellent written communication, proposal development, presentation and stakeholder management skills

Required skills

• Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel (formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data validation)
• Proficiency across Microsoft 365, especially Word, Teams, SharePoint and Outlook
• Experience with CRM tools such as Salesforce