Bid Manager

Are you an experienced Bid Manager with experience in the Logistics sector? As a Bid Manager you will lead and manage a wide variety of warehousing and transport tender opportunities across multiple sectors, engaging with dynamic and forward-thinking colleagues from across the entire organisation to deliver vibrant bid-winning proposals.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will be accountable for the allocated response to all public and private tenders and proposals.
• You will lead the virtual bid team within each sector through the defined process. This will comprise multiple work streams including: Business Development, Operations, Solution Design, Project Management, Finance, IT, HR and Commercial.
• You will write and design articulate, concise, and customer-centric proposals, presentations, and other documents as required.
• You will manage the end-to-end production of bid documentation and ensure that all proposals are completed on time and comply fully with the customer specification and requirements.
• You will facilitate Value Proposition sessions, to ensure customer-centric and rationalised win strategies are developed and integrated into submission documents.
• You will lead the qualification and sign-off processes, ensuring we are pursuing and responding to the correct business opportunities.
• You will track and manage key outputs, actions and clarifications throughout the bid process.
• You will lead tender review meetings to drive collaborative sessions with the virtual bid team.
• You will ensure a customer-centric look and feel of all proposal documents.

Experience:

• You must have previous Bid Management experience in the public and private sector.
• Articulate, with strong verbal and presentation skills.
• A proficient user of Microsoft Office, in particular PowerPoint and Word.
• Experience operating at a senior level and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and manage resources/output timelines.
• Used to working under pressure and to challenging deadlines with energy and passion, and will have the flexibility to deal with change.
• Experience in the field of supply chain logistics and external bid training (for instance, Shipley or APMP would be advantageous).