Document Co-ordinator

Profile A senior Proposal Production Consultant / Microsoft Word Expert / Proposal Coordinator with Over 15 years' experience. This associate is Shipley trained in writing winning proposals and is used to working within stringent submission deadlines often associated with proposal work. Keen to share knowledge and help bid teams, this associate has delivered training and guidance to a number of organisations on using Word effectively in a bid environment and regularly posts tips and blogs on best practice, via LinkedIn and other forums. This associate regularly provides consultancy services to high profile bid management organisations and blue chip companies, across many industry sectors, including Transport, Defence, Technology and Construction / Civil Engineering. Key Achievements Word templates designed for over 25 different clients during 2015. Development of macro enhanced Word templates, facilitating document consistency and enhanced efficiency for the bid production process. Regularly supporting 2 international rail operators with their UK franchise bids, including 3 bids during 2015. Has built up a trust and rapport with many clients, who are now more than happy for this associate to work on projects remotely, increasing project flexibility and saving them money. Experience As a Microsoft Word expert, this associate understands all the idiosyncrasies that affect the complex documents associated with proposal work. They have an eye for detail and work quickly and methodically through such documentation, formatting over 500 pages in a day. Extensive experience in all areas of proposal coordination from setting up the bid office to final production and printing. Setup and control of document management systems such as EDMS and SharePoint ensures document security and version control, which allows them to coordinate the editing, formatting and graphic check of every document through all phases of a proposal. Using technology and experience of best practice, this associate creates working environments to allow bid teams to work more effectively and consistently, despite the varied experience of team members in the use of Microsoft Word.