Bid Manager
We're looking for people to join the Access family, who share our passion for believing in better, and who will help us continue to grow.??
Love Work. Love Life. Be You. - is central to our success and how we give our customers the freedom to do more of what's important to them.
What does Access offer you??
We offer a flexible, hybrid working environment where you can balance work and life while maintaining a strong office team-based culture. We deliver on what we say, taking the development of our people seriously. We'll work with you to progress your success plan and provide opportunities to accelerate your career.?
On top of a competitive salary, our standard 25 days holiday (which goes up the longer you're with us), and a matched pension scheme, you'll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We're an organisation that likes to give back, so you'll also have one charity day allocated to support a cause that matters to you. ???
About you:?
We are looking for a dynamic, high-energy and motivated individual. Expectations include teamwork skills, strong project management skills, excellent editorial ability, effective time and project management and ability to prioritise.
Someone who is commercially minded, flexible and open to changing priorities and managing multiple tasks simultaneously whilst working to deadlines.
Day-to-day, you will:?
In this role, you will be involved in the complete bid life cycle, leading complex bids, and providing expert bid coordination and management to deliver compelling offerings to our customers and help us win business.
Reporting to the Head of Bid Management, you will collaborate closely with the wider Bid team and interact with other colleagues involved in technical delivery, business development, commercial, and legal.
- Work with the sales lead to understand customer requirements, support in establishing the bid strategy and win themes, and develop compelling bids and proposals.
- Manage virtual team and maintain engagement to ensure input and contributions to bids from the relevant SMEs.
- Ensure Bids and Proposals are completed in a timely and efficient manner and delivered to the customer within the agreed timescales.
- Work with the Sales lead to develop a clear win strategy for each bid and ensure win themes are clear and compelling.
- Identify resources required to compile quality tender on time and flag resourcing risks at Qualification.
- Review the RFx document especially looking for items of commercial impact.
- Arrange initial Bid kick off meeting. Ensure tasks and actions are issued following BKO.
- Chair all relevant internal meetings.
- Ensure bid response complies with customer requirements.?
- Provide that WOW factor to our customers every time
Your skills and experiences might also include:??
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, Adobe applications, Salesforce, Production of compelling presentation materials as appropriate
- Excellent written English skills
- Excellent time management skills, and the ability to prioritise activities based on the greatest commercial benefit to Access
- Self-motivated
- Have the creativity and desire to continually improve on corporate presentation styles and digital content.
- Project and time management skills - juggling different bids and priorities at the same time
- Managing, guiding and advising throughout a bidding process
- Accuracy and attention to detail, with particular experience of reviewing, editing and proof reading documents
- Proactive, adaptable and driven by operational improvements
- Ability to work as part of a team, and drive decisions
- Ability to prioritise workload and work to set deadlines
What are we all about??
The Access Group is one of the largest UK-headquartered providers of business management software to small and mid-sized organisations in the UK, Ireland, USA and Asia Pacific. It helps more than?100,000 customers across commercial and non-profit sectors become more productive and efficient. Our products and solutions go beyond providing technology, we connect the right people with the right data, at the right time, through Access Workspace.
At Access, we are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. If you're excited about this role, (even if your previous experience doesn't align perfectly), you might just be the perfect fit for us! We wholeheartedly believe in equality for all and the transformative power of diversity.??
Why not join our vibrant team where you can love what you do, love how you live, and most importantly, be authentically you? Let's make a difference together.?
Love Work. Love Life. Be You.