Bid Manager

Salary: £54,000 – £58,800 per year

The Business

Part of a rapidly expanding, acquisitive and privately owned fleet management group,

The responsibilities of the Bid Manager

· The preparation and management of formal bid documentation submitted to Local Authorities, Utilities and Fleets

· Working with the management and business development teams to identify viable bidding opportunities

· Managing multiple concurrent complex bids and tenders

· Delivering professionally written proposal responses that clearly articulate their value proposition

· Compiling, co-ordinating and reviewing proposal responses from a variety of stakeholders, ensuring the final response is compelling, consistent, compliant and clear, and that the submission reads with a “common voice”

· Understand and organise company governance data (finance, quality, Health and Safety, HR, risk, partnering) to ensure pre-qualification and bid submissions are efficiently prepared and successfully presented

· Produce the quality / technical documentation, in accordance with the clients’ requirements, and to a standard which results in as high a quality evaluation mark as possible, in conjunction with as competitive a price as possible

· Monitor and report to senior management on the quality and success of all submissions

· Monitoring tender notifications, building, and maintaining the Tender Library with the most up-to-date content and weekly and ad hoc reporting on tender status as required

The Candidate for Bid Manager

Experienced in producing high quality written and graphical sales / tender documentation

· Have the ability to work to tight deadlines, responding to urgent needs with composure and efficiency

· Have advanced experience of using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel

· Is self-motivated with the ability to manage own workload.

Able to work in Blackpool at least 2 days per week