Bid Manager - FM Solutions

Role: Bid Manager – FM Solutions

Salary: £60-70k plus 10% Bonus

Job Status: Permanent / Full Time

Location: Surrey / Hybrid

Vacancy Reference: VR/05307

Role Description:

Our Client is a £90m FM Company that operate in the South of the UK across sectors to include social housing, commercial, public etc.

The Role:

• Work as part of a dynamic Bid Management team providing creative and commercial solutions to bid requirements and first draft submissions
• Support and at times lead the bid process ensuring all relevant parties are kept fully informed of their requirements and progress.
• Lead the planning and advising of the bid activities and resources available for the pipeline of work
• Provide support and take ownership of populating generic organisational content into Selection Questionnaires, Requests for Information and other bid submission formats
• Compiling cost and data information for FM bids to ensure risks and commercial opportunities can be accurately identified
• Conducting site visits as part of the bid process and identify cost and efficiency drivers
• Supporting mobilisation activity in relation to the services at new sites
• Identifying pre-written content that may be available to start to develop the proposal
• Developing and re-writing content into a consistent and excellent proposal style by either:
• Taking information provided by the individual contributors in the business development team to create responses;
• Meeting with and interviewing individual contributors to capture the raw information and details required to then develop draft responses

Ideal requirements:

• APMP Certification is ideal. There will be an expectation to complete the qualification which will be fully funded by the client
• Direct experience of facilities management technical and tender process
• Outstanding writing, editing and verbal communication skills
• Working knowledge of Office including MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Project
• Skilled in the application of IT systems, including Office 365 including advanced Word skills
• Media, English degree or similar subject or equivalent would be advantageous but not essential.