INVITATION TO TENDER
Procurement Reference Number 6- 5 .8. 2021- CCIAS ES
Sales Mentor
The Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Saida and South Lebanon, Lebanese partner of the MEDSt@rts Project is looking for mentor(s) who are responsible for the provision of support and assistance services to the 15 MedSt@rts entrepreneurs and startups through online mentorship sessions.
The Sales mentor is responsible for identifying the needs of the entrepreneurs and providing each of them with customized sales-related consulting services according to their goals, needs, and vision. Furthermore, they are responsible for setting learning objectives for each participant and providing coaching sessions that will develop any lacking or weak skills.
Interested tenderers can send their CV and tenders as per tender specification and TOR to medstarts@ccias.org.lb
Instruction for submitting tenders and TOR are copied below.
‼️The Deadline for the Invitation of Tender has been extended to 31 August 2021 at 16:00 pm‼️
Instructions
1. General Information:
Subject of the contract: Provision of Technical services as indicated in the TOR
Deadline for submission of the tenders: The tender shall arrive 23 August 2021, 16 :00 pm
Address and means for submission of the tenders: The tenderers shall submit their tenders using the sample submission form available in Part 2 of this tender dossier. The tender shall be submitted in 1 (one) original. In case of e-mail submission, the tenderer may provide a scanned original.
If delivery by post or courier, the tenders shall be submitted in two separate envelopes:
An envelop including both envelopes will contain the following information at the external part:
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If delivery by e-mail, the message shall clearly indicate:
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The tender submission form and any supporting documentation shall be provided as attachement to the e-mail.
2. Technical Information :
The tenderers are required to provide services as per TOR. In the technical offer, the tenderers will indicate more details on the deliverables, and required time frame.
3. Financial Information
The maximum available value of the contract is 4500 EUR or its equivalent in national currency.
4. The selection criteria:
The award criterion is best value for money, weighting 80% technical quality and 20% price.
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Term of Reference
Post Title: Sales Mentor
Project Name: MED Micro finance System for Start Ups (MEDST@rts)
Duty station: Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Sidon and South Lebanon
Duration of Appointement: 30 working days (at least150 hrs.)
Expected Starting Date: September / October
Background
As a partner in the MEDST@rts project, the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Sidon and South Lebanon (CCIAS) is implementing the project activities in Lebanon. MEDSt@rts - Med microfinance support system for start-ups - project is financed by the European Union’s ENI CBC Med Programme and implemented between October 2019 and April 2022 in Italy, Greece, Tunisia, Palestine and Lebanon by a partnership of 7 organizations.
MEDSt@rts addresses young and highly motivated people with innovative ideas - usually high-risk companies - and supports them in developing their business. CCIAS intends to recruit a qualified Sales Mentor who will carry out activities related to the project. The objective of the assignment is to provide 15 start-ups with Professional counseling and advice, focusing on skills training, business guidance, Professional contacts, and problem-solving.
Scope of Work
As part of MedSt@rts objectives for satinable development and durability, mentor(s) are responsible for the provision of support and assistance services to at least 3 and up to 15 MedSt@rts entrepreneurs and startups through online mentorship sessions. The mentor is responsible for transferring viable and necessary knowledge and skills needed for each individual project to succeed.
The Sales mentor is responsible for identifying the needs of the MedSt@rts participants and providing each of them with customized sales-related consulting services according to their goals, needs, and vision. Furthermore, they are responsible for setting learning objectives for each participant and providing coaching sessions that will develop any lacking or weak skills.
Output
● Providing a total of 150 hours of one-to-one mentorship sessions to at least 3 up to 15 startups, teams, and entrepreneurs, accordingly each startup/team receives a total of 10 up to 50 hours of sales-related mentorship during the timespan decided by CCIAS.
● Assistance of the MedSt@rts entrepreneurs in drafting and developing complete and comprehensive sales plans, including the development of sales policies, pricing policies, risk management.
● Provision of sales-related consultancy services to enhance the knowledge and skills of the mentee, including but not limited, to the following topics:
- Provision of advice, constructive criticism, and guidelines tailored to the needs of the mentee;
- Active listening to common challenges and setbacks faced by the mentee and identifying the skills needed to tackle them
- Help mentees understand their customer base
- Identification of competitors in the market
●Organize meetings with possible customers or business partners
●Follow up/ coaching entrepreneurs in implementing the plan over a period of six months
Deliverables
● Preparing meeting minutes supported by screenshots
● Video Recording of the mentoring sessions
● Mentoring material , studies, project etc..
● Attendance sheet
● Mentorship outline
● Submitting a final report of all activities
Qualification, Knowledge and Experience
● At least a Bachelor Degree in Marketing, Business, Economics or any other relevant field
● Extensive experience on building capacities of businesses in the agrofood,digital, echodesign, sanitizing technologies and craftsmanship sectors
● Personal flexibility and high motivation
● Experience in similar projects and working in teams
● Excellent interpersonal communication and mentoring skills
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