Bid Manager

Bid Manager – Construction / Civil Engineering – Flexible location + Remote working.Opportunity to join one of the UK''s most successful Tier 1 building and civils main contractors, with a very stable and fast growing forward order book.Flexible to be based at any of the company’s network of UK offices (Birmingham, Derby, Wigan, Leeds, Newcastle, London or South Wales)Role will be a mix of office and remote working.Role:Opportunity has arisen for a Bid Manager to play a key work winning role for our clients National and Strategic Accounts (NaSA) team.A key function of the NaSA team is to bid and win both national and strategic regional construction Framework tenders. Such Frameworks can have potential values of £2bn and run for 4 years. Working with a team of commercial, technical, operational experts, as well as external advisers, you will manage the bid process for Framework bids from pre-bid planning, through to contract award and mobilisation.You will manage bid teams to tight deadlines to ensure the right Quality responses and commercial offers are brought together into a winning proposal. On successful Frameworks, the Bid Manager may also be required to support local operational teams to go on to win subsequent mini competitions to secure individual projects.The successful candidate will have the enthusiasm and drive to look beyond the obvious. You should be a self-motivated individual - not afraid of a challenge, be results driven and have an innovative, entrepreneurial approach to solution finding to seek out the winning edge. You will be guided by a strong, well established senior team that is committed to your professional development in a supporting, friendly and diverse working environment.Duties:Appraisal of client procurement documentationOrganising bid strategy and bid preparation meetingsDeveloping Bid Plans, including resource co-ordination and bid programmesLeading the bid management process to organise the production of Quality responses that score full marksWriting Quality responses and case studiesConsidering alternative bid proposals to obtain a competitive edgeSupervising graphic designer and/or bid co-ordinatorConsolidating final submissions and uploading onto client portalsPreparing presentations and attending interviewsMaintaining Framework records on SalesforceReviewing market for new Framework opportunitiesMaintaining the Framework Forward Look and Bid Library.Requirements:To be considered for this Bid Manager role you must meet the following criteria:Broad knowledge of public sector procurement processes for construction design and buildCustomer focus, understanding customer needs and then translating those needs into winning bidsProven ability to manage a bid team, working flexibly and to tight deadlinesAbility to think innovatively to contribute new ideasAbility to both author and edit Quality response narrative for bid submissionsGood knowledge of Framework management processes and construction methodology along with commercial appreciationEffective communicator, both written and verbalEnthusiasm and the desire to winKnowledge of Customer Relationship Management tools e.g. SalesforceProficient use of Microsoft Teams/Office incl. Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Remuneration:

The successful Bid Manager will receive:

-£45,000 - £65,000 Basic-Car / Allowance-Healthcare-Pension

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