Luke Griffiths

Senior Proposal Strategist @Premier Research

Ripon, GB

Promote commercial and operational success through collaboration with operational departments to ensure appropriate resourcing and budget development:• Manages aspects of the trial budget process including trial cost analysis, final study budget development.• Proactively builds and maintains internal and external relationships that support the gathering of business intelligence to support financial & specific operational activities.• Effectively manages the budget development lifecycle from customer need identification, through proposal preparation and submission.• Analyses customer service needs received in study specification sheets, protocols, case report forms and other supporting information used to prepare proposals (Request for Proposal (RFP) information); identifies discrepancies and works with Business Development to obtain the data.• In collaboration with Proposal Developer, manages the dissemination of initial RFP information to relevant stakeholders and contributors; sets up costing meeting; directs costing meeting(s) to ensure complete review of RFP by appropriate operational attendees, discussion of resourcing needs, and thorough understanding of customer objectives.• Assigns responsibilities to appropriate stakeholders and contributors, sets budget development schedule, coordinates and collates input to meet proposal production timelines; identifies, assess, resolves and/or escalates issues as needed.• Prepares appropriate resource/service fees using algorithms and electronic spreadsheets.• Provides technical guidance and training to operational employees to ensure consistency in preparation and interpretation of cost estimates.• Prepares service descriptions and budget assumptions using proposal template.• Provides technical guidance and training to operational staff members to ensure consistency in preparation and interpretation of cost estimates.

TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Applied Science and Forensic Investigation (BSc Hons)