About the role:
- Develop effective relationships with internal stakeholders
- Be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Have the confidence to influence / persuade stakeholders to adopt particular ways of working.
- Be prepared to challenge, manage resistance positively.
- Promote a culture of sharing knowledge, insights and learning.
- As a minimum, the bid manager will be the ‘hub’ that links all the moving parts of a bid, managing and motivating the bid team to achieve milestones within the bid programme.
- Ensure the bid governance process is followed
- Using Microsoft Teams as the primary bid management platform for collaboration and efficiency
- Review all client documents prior to a bid kick off meeting
- Understand clients’ requirements for submission – creating and harvesting relationships to ensure successful engagement
- Plan and manage a bid from the outset to closure, being fully engaged with every element
- You will lead and facilitate efficient communication and collaboration to produce the deliverables within agreed timescales
- Identify and manage resources during the bidding process
- Take the lead on the production of all submission documents including commercial Proposal, costing sheets, cash flow, risk register to name but a few
- Be a competent bid writer able to create, re-write or polish bid content. This includes being able to identify when responses do not meet client requirements and supporting the author to improve ahead of review
- Oversee the overall progress of bids, initiating corrective action if required to ensure the bid is submitted on time
- Drive continuous improvement by harvesting model answers for storage on our bid knowledge hub, conducting Lessons Learned sessions and influencing bidding behaviours by sharing best practice and coaching colleagues
- 3+ years demonstrable project / bid management experience (preferably in a similar environment)
- Excellent communicator
- Good attention to detail
- Thrives in a busy environment
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to motivate the bid team
- Can demonstrate effective bid writing skills
- Join a market leading business
- Attractive salary and benefits package.