Bid & Proposal Coordinator

Salary: Competitive basic salary and bonus
Hours: 40 hours per week Monday – Friday
Location: Cannock Staffordshire (Open to hybrid working pattern)

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It’s why we’re looking for someone who’s just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you:

25 days of annual leave

Facilities including a free onsite gym, parking and subsidised restaurant

Access to our company pension scheme

Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers

Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to

One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community

Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What will you be doing?

Responsible for managing winning new business and renewal opportunities throughout our proposals process

Prepare proposal timelines and produce / communicate / monitor proposal action plan to drive opportunity through a structured, robust winning process

Formulate overall structure of the proposal submission before writing commences

Produce or/ support the production of proposal specific, and other collateral, to ensure the correct Veolia brand position and messages and value proposition(s) is promoted

Work alongside each project team to develop win themes and strategies for success

Responsible for the overall content quality, whilst working to tight deadlines to deliver industry leading and compelling tenders and proposals

Contribute to a central bid library and search, retrieve and input all re-usable proposal components and facilitate required inputs from internal and external contributors

Responsible for understanding the requirements of the inbound tender requests and the needs of the customer to create impactful responses

Overseeing the successful submission of responses within the agreed timeframe and budget parameter, ensuring all critical path timescales are met throughout the project timeframe

Develop and productive rapport with Business Development leads and subject matter experts to guide their response contributions and work with the in-team writers to enhance the quality of responses

Suggesting reference points, evidence and case study requirements to evidence and enhance the quality of the response

Responsible for proofreading submissions, review meetings and ensuring the necessary quality checks are delivered

Maintain links with client (if required) building rapport, ensuring clarification questions are submitted and responses received, logged, actioned and communicated.

Join client feedback sessions and conduct and collate proposal feedback from all members of the project proposal team for continuous improvement and emerging best practice.

Accountable for the successful completion of Expression of Interest (EOI), Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs) and Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation in line with corporate guidelines

Contribute to the continuous improvement and quality and standards of proposal writing and project management through training and development