Bid Manager South

Role: Bid Manager - Social Housing / Property Services
Location: 1 day required in the Hertfordshire office
Salary: up to -75k + car allowance Benefits

We are working with a leading National contractor to recruit a Bid Manager to join their highly successful work-winning team, driving the SQ and tender process and producing exceptional qualitative submissions.

You must have recent demonstrable experience in winning planned, and project works within social housing/property services sectors, the end clients being Housing Associations, Local Authorities and RSLs.

You will have experience in leading and preparing bids in your own right with a proven track record of scoring highly on quality for term contracts in the value range of -10m - -100m. We are looking for someone with experience in winning strategic bids within the social housing/property services markets including planned maintenance, decarbonisation and EWI.

Bid Manager Key Duties:

• Project manage the SQ and Tender process to meet client deadlines
• Develop and agree strategies and unique selling points to win individual bids through creative thinking and understanding each client''s requirements
• Work proactively with the business/supply chain to gather information to produce exceptional written SQ and tender responses
• Research and write responses that reflect each client''s requirements
• Manage the launch and mid-bid review meetings
• Demonstrate a commercial understanding and liaise with estimators
• Maintain an excellent relationship with clients and consultants throughout
• Attend bidder conferences and dialogue sessions as required
• Review completed bids before submission
• Manage all post tender clarifications in line with the client''s timescales
• Prepare, manage, attend and lead / support site visits in support of each tender opportunity and to meet each client''s requirements
• Work with the Business Development Director and Operations/Commercial teams to identify the interview team and brief them on the opportunity and submission
• Prepare the presentation and attend / lead if required

Bid Manager Essential Experience

• Significant bid writing & tender management experience
• Leadership and project management experience
• IT proficient in Word and Excel
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• High levels of attention to detail
• Ability to fully engage with all levels of employees

For more info please call Dave on (phone number removed).