Bid Writer

We are delighted to be recruiting a Bid Writer to work for a corporate company based near Solihull in the West Midlands.

This company has been included in the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to work for list for the last 16 years straight, a feat only achieved by two other companies.

The Business Team we are recruiting for is responsible for designing and selling strategic solutions for clients with complex, volume, or multi-site requirements. As Bid Writer you will play a key role in the writing and project management of bids across each of our sector-specific UK operating companies.

The Bid Writer role is a great opportunity for someone with previous bid experience although we will also be pleased to receive applications from individuals with other relevant writing experience or a recent University graduate.

Your responsibilities as a Bid Writer will include:

• Reporting to the Bid Director, the role involves supporting the Corporate Business sales leads in writing content and managing the process to complete bids, proposals and tender submissions, gathering information from subject matter experts across our business when required
• Producing high quality bids/proposals that are clear, concise and highly tailored to the client and opportunity in question
• Acting as the point of contact for an existing or prospective Client during a bid process, managing ongoing communication throughout the process, submitting a completed bid on time, ensuring that all the Client\’s questions have been answered comprehensively while demonstrating an excellent appreciation of the Client\’s requirements and how our business will add value to their organisation in order to give Pertemps the best possible chance of success
• Carrying out due diligence projects, gathering pertinent information in order to evidence an understanding of Client\’s operation at an in-depth level as well as the various operations across Pertemps\’ business that may be involved in delivering potential solutions
• Assisting with the creation of supporting documents and presentations that will evidence the solution to the client
• Writing case studies to support our bids that demonstrate our successful partnerships with existing clients
• Managing and adding to the bid library – a reference library of previous responses that can be useful for future bids
• Conducting appropriate client/industry research to support the creation of quality bid documents
• Contributing to process controls across the bid team to monitor and manage team activity/performance

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines and work with minimal supervision, interpreting and following instructions carefully in order to ensure the Client\’s specification is met
• Strong teamwork attributes with the ability to build relationships within the team and across our business to deliver a strong, winning bid
• Written and verbal communication skills must be of a high standard, with the ability to present your views in an articulate and expressive manner
• You must be able to remain calm under pressure and, while the hours of work will generally be Monday to Friday, office hours, you should be prepared to work flexible hours when necessary, as the submission deadline approaches
• Educated to Degree level is an advantageous but not essential
• Previous experience working within a corporate environment would be useful
• Experience of sales operations and / or the recruitment industry would be an advantage
• Excellent PC skills including strong knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, with an intermediate level of Excel including knowledge of formula

You are likely to be mainly office-based however there may be some internal meetings and site visits which could occasionally involve overnight stays. The role is office based but if you do live further afield if there is a branch in that area you can base yourself there too. If you live in the Midlands we can accommodate you.

In return the company will provide full product training, on going training, a collaborative team and a really decent and stable company. 25 days holiday plus stats, pension, dress down Fridays.