Bid Manager
Location: Cramlington
Salary: GBP40,000 - GBP50,000 per year, DoE
Hours: 40 hours a week.
Job type: Full-time, permanent
Bridge Recruitment is helping one of our well-established clients recruit for an experienced Bid Manager to join their ever-expanding team. The major part of the role is to help develop, manage and grow the bid team in accordance with business needs.
Responsibilities of the Bid Manager:
- Reporting to the Commercial Manager and working alongside the Bid Administrator you will manage the commercial tendering process ensuring timely visibility of all opportunities, lead on, write and project manage bids and proposals from beginning to end. Identify, bid for and maintain position on appropriate sector frameworks.
- Management of and key contributor to the bid/no bid process and decision making.
- Management and oversight of the bid team during the bid process and making sure deadlines are met
- Responsible for devising a successful strategy for winning a bid, including pinpointing the unique selling points (key differentiators), knowing the companys operating and profit margins and understanding the customers specific requirements, coaching on presentations and collating bid feedback
- Initial review of Tenders, collation of deadlines and the distribution of questions to the relevant departments.
- Responsible for the quality of all aspects of the bid, including written documentation and presentation material
- Co-ordinate all parties involved in the bid process to ensure everyone is aware of the level of contribution expected of them and deadlines
- Researching, writing and preparing pre-qualification and tender documents to ensure timely delivery.
- Ensuring that bids are submitted on time and are as complete and accurate as possible, whilst also best reflecting the companys services and abilities
- Writing high quality text, ensuring consistency of responses in terms of quality, key phrases and key words All bid documentation must be clear, concise and - crucially - compelling
- Working with the Marketing Department source and co-ordinate design input to ensure the visual standard of all documentation and presentation material is engaging
- Attend departmental BDM meetings and liaise with the head of the department to support the implementation of their plans
- Assisting with the review of contract performance by collating data from Salesforce as well as customer feedback forms and performance review meetings.
- Preparing and upkeep of high-quality responses to be used as reference in future
- Keep SFDC up to date with the relevant tender actions and milestones.
- Abide by our client's Core Values and Code of Ethics and strive to meet and exceed the Groups Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitments.
Requirements of the Bid Manager:
- High levels of attention to detail
- Customer relationship focused and a great commercial awareness
- Experienced Bid writing
- Minimum 2 years bid co-ordination / tender experience
- Ability to solve problems efficiently
- Working Knowledge of Salesforce Service Cloud an advantage
- Ability to effectively prioritise a busy workload and meet project deadlines with proven project management skills
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- A self-starter, able to demonstrate high levels of initiative and motivation, but also work closely with other team members
- Ability to influence and persuade others
- UK driving license
If you feel like you meet the above criteria for the Bid Manager role, then please apply now!