Job description
Rewards and Benefits on Offer
Working with a highly innovative marketing leading company.
A varied and interesting role
A widely recognised and acknowledged industry leading company culture
A permanent position, with excellent long term career prospects.
An immediate start date.
Free onsite parking
Monday to Friday working hours
MTrec’s New Opportunity
Our client is an established and successful business based in Cramlington. They are looking for an experienced Bid Manager to join their team on a full time, permanent basis. If you meet the person specification for the role, please apply below.
The role you will be doing
Help develop, manage and grow the bid team in accordance with business needs
Manage the commercial tendering process ensuring timely visibility of all opportunities, lead on, write and project manage bids and proposals from beginning to end. Identify, bid for and maintain position on appropriate sector frameworks.
Management of and key contributor to the bid/no bid process and decision making.
Management and oversight of the bid team during the bid process and making sure deadlines are met
Responsible for devising a successful strategy for winning a bid, including pinpointing the unique selling points (key differentiators), knowing the company’s operating and profit margins and understanding the customers’ specific requirements, coaching on presentations and collating bid feedback
Initial review of Tenders, collation of deadlines and the distribution of questions to the relevant departments.
Responsible for the quality of all aspects of the bid, including written documentation and presentation material
Co-ordinate all parties involved in the bid process to ensure everyone is aware of the level of contribution expected of them and deadlines
Researching, writing and preparing pre-qualification and tender documents to ensure timely delivery.
Ensuring that bids are submitted on time and are as complete and accurate as possible, whilst also best reflecting the company’s services and abilities
Writing high quality text, ensuring consistency of responses in terms of quality, key phrases and key words All bid documentation must be clear, concise and - crucially - compelling
As part of the bid workflow liaising with other parts of the business to ensure that all information submitted is up-to-date and accurate
Working with the Marketing Department source and co-ordinate design input to ensure the visual standard of all documentation and presentation material is engaging
Completion of supplier forms.
Attend departmental BDM meetings and liaise with the head of the department to support the implementation of their plans
Assisting with the review of contract performance by collating data from the system as well as customer feedback forms and performance review meetings.
Preparing and upkeep of high-quality responses to be used as reference in future
Keep the team up to date with the relevant tender actions and milestones.
Abide by the company core values and code of ethics
About you
Bid co-ordination/tender experience is essential.
Degree educated is preferable but not essential
Experienced in bid writing
Working knowledge of
High levels of attention to detail
Customer relationship focused and a great commercial awareness
Ability to effectively prioritise a busy workload and meet project deadlines with proven project management skills
Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Able to demonstrate high levels of initiative and motivation
Able to work closely with other team members
Ability to influence and persuade others
UK driving licence