Job Details
Bid Manager
Sector:Commercial & Office Support
Region : South East England
Location: Hertfordshire
Salary: £35,000 - £43,000
Job Ref.: GHCHB4562
Job Information
I am currently recruiting for an experienced Bid Manager for a facilities organisation in Herts.They are looking to recruit a proven and experienced Bid Writer to join our Bid Team. The newly created specific role has been developed to help write Tenders and Pre-Qualifications and to aid with winning and securing successful bids. The role will cover all service streams within the organisation.
The successful candidate will need to ensure the brand and the chosen strategy to win the business is clearly articulated in a professional and creative manner, as such will work closely with the Bid Director and Sales Director.
The successful candidate with have worked in a similar position and have outstanding proposal / writing skills with an eye for detail.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
To write professionally from both an operational and strategic perspective to create clear and articulate documents
Excellent working relationship with the Bid Director : each bids design will be professional, modern and innovative : a key feature of our brand, will be the continually-evolving, leading and bespoke nature of our submissions
To work effectively on multiple and concurrent projects.
Writing creative capability prose based on factual information
Producing high standard text which accurately reflects the needs of the clients business
Analyse client requirement documents to ensure that the responses being created respond to the explicit and implicit questions being asked
Sets a clear plan (over a realistic period) to familiarise yourself with all existing clients to better understand the importance of the opportunity (and any bid theme which emanates from that)
Sets and achieves tender deadlines by managing others effectively
Ensure all stakeholders receive regular feedback and advance notice of upcoming activity
Work effectively as part of our wider Bid Team
Add value to the Bid Team by helping improve, through ongoing coaching, the writing skills of other colleagues in the Team
Work with the Bid Director to create and initiate marketing and e-marketing campaigns as required, to maximise current and prospective audiences, establish alliances, develop promotional opportunities in print and online and forming marketing and media partnerships
To develop an effective library of information and liaise with other departments to keep this updated
Keeps up to date with group business ventures and services, competitors, relationships with customers, clients and suppliers, market evolution
Helps identify additional opportunity by getting to know client requirements
Targets and develops a network of influential internal and external contacts
Promote a professional image at all times
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCED REQUIRED
Previous Bid Writing experience in ideally a similar sector
Educated to a minimum of 6 GCSEs level A-C or equivalent
Computer literate with demonstrable ability in Microsoft packages and databases
Proven track record in a similar / complimentary bidding environment with transferable skills
Educated to degree standard with excellent written and spoken communication skills with the ability to present at a senior level
Proven competence in Microsoft Office suite (with additional Adobe Creative Suite and Indesign experience preferred)
An extensive portfolio of previous work
Able to present the bid plan and key win themes to the Bid Team
A strategic and commercial attitude towards Sales and Marketing
An assertive and confident member of the wider Sales Team with enthusiasm to inspire others
Strong business orientation, analysis / problem solving, negotiation, resilience and collaboration skills
Ability to prioritise and work under pressure with good time management
Strong PC skills (Creative Suite, Indesign, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, Access)
Determination to succeed and continually forge the strength of the Bid Team
Displays a bias for decisiveness by meeting the most aggressive timelines for delivering high quality bids
Confident, enthusiastic and self-motivated
Communicates excellently both