SF Recruitment are collaborating with a fantastic business based in Ilkeston who are looking for a Bid Manager to join them on a full time, permanent basis. This role is ideal for someone who may be in a more junior/coordinator bid position and is looking for a step up in their career.
Our client requires a Bid Manager who will work directly with their departmental management teams to compile tender submissions and project workbooks. They require someone who will integrate into the company that has a strong team ethos, high levels of motivation, strong IT skills, excellent written & verbal communication skills, exceptional organisation & time management skills and will be able to demonstrate a high degree of self-motivation, and hence a good understanding of the importance of consistently providing a quality service to our clients.
Duties:
- Lead bids, directing and compiling contributions from the various departmental mangers and writing content to make the commercial and business case clear to the client.
- Prepare compliant, compelling proposals, successfully conveying benefits.
- Analyse and review tender opportunities.
- Identify and develop Contract Opportunities in various sectors.
- Proactively identify new tender opportunities daily by searching relevant procurement portals including OJEU (OJEC) and forwarding them onto the company Directors.
- Monitor and maintain tenders email in-box.
- Complete and submit tenders for the various sectors / customers.
- Administer e-procurement site registrations, alerts and submissions.
- Track all bid and tender activity and outcomes through an effective electronic recording & analysis system.
- Maintain a library of current & accurate corporate information for inclusion in tenders & PQQ's
- To create engaging and compelling bid responses.
- Ensure that Pre-Qualification stages are completed neatly, accurately and to set deadlines and presented according to corporate standards and styles.
- An ability to develop and manage a PQQ & tender bid library ensuring continuous improvement of the process in maintained
- Manage the updating and registering of bid opportunities for tracking and monitoring purposes and prepare and circulate weekly PQQ and Tender summaries
- Ensure that post-tender client feedback is obtained & recorded.
- Review documents for spelling, grammar, consistency and formatting bids in line with our branding
- Keep up to date with our portfolio of services and contribute to our service improvement and development
Skills and Knowledge:
- Experience in the preparation of Tender Submissions.
- Experience of writing Bids and tender documents.
- Highly IT literate and good presentation skills
- Excellent communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills, with a focus on quality.
- Experience in balancing challenging priorities, and a range of differing demands.
- Numerate
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Opportunity for career advancement
- Supportive and collaborative work environment
- Comprehensive training and development programs
If you are ambitious, detail-oriented, and ready to take your career to the next level, we would love to hear from you.