Senior K-12 Bids Specialist

Job Description

Tasty Brands is a well-established, rapidly growing national company focused on providing great-tasting, nutritious food for K12 school foodservice customers and private brands of select retailers. Emphasizing collaboration, best practices, and continuous improvement, we seek individuals who want to build a long-term career and be part of a successful story. Our most successful people are self-starters, work well with others, see the big picture, and enjoy winning.

We have an exceptional team of motivated professionals who work well together in a fun, team-spirited environment. Our mission is guided by our core values – urgency, accountability, proactivity, teamwork, and integrity. We are looking for the next “great fit” to join our expanding team!

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior K-12 Bid Specialist to manage complex commercial and USDA commodity bid opportunities from initial review through submission, award analysis and post-bid follow-up. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented bid professional who can independently evaluate solicitations, coordinate pricing and compliance requirements, collaborate across departments and help identify opportunities that support future sales growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage K-12 bids, RFPs and commodity-processing opportunities from receipt through submission and award follow-up.
• Review bid documents, specifications, pricing requirements, contractual terms, forms and submission instructions for accuracy and compliance.
• Partner with Sales, Brokers, Finance, Marketing, Product Development, Commodities, Operations and leadership to develop bid strategy and gather required inputs.
• Analyze market baskets, prior awards, competitive pricing, hard-spec and like-item opportunities, product gaps and potential risks.
• Coordinate required documentation such as specification sheets, Product Formulation Statements, CN labels, nutritional/allergen information, Buy American details, certifications, COIs and vendor forms.
• Prepare, review and document pricing, including approved price lists, deviated pricing requests and final submitted pricing.
• Track bid deadlines, samples, questions, signatures, certifications, approvals and other critical milestones.
• Maintain accurate bid, pricing and award information in Salesforce and other approved systems.
• Review award results, capture win/loss details and share competitive insights with Sales, Product Development and leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years of experience in bids, proposals, contracts, procurement, pricing or related commercial functions.
• K-12 school foodservice, USDA Foods or public-sector procurement experience strongly preferred, including working knowledge of K-12 bid requirements and school nutrition procurement processes.
• Ability to independently manage complex, high-value and deadline-driven bid opportunities.
• Strong analytical, financial, organizational and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large pricing or bid data sets.
• CRM experience required; Salesforce experience preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across departments and communicate with customers, brokers and leadership.

Preferred Attributes

• Commercially minded, proactive, curious and analytical.
• Able to identify opportunities, risks and product gaps without waiting for detailed direction.
• Comfortable working independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency and accountability.