Bid Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne

Company Description

At Xplor, we believe that helping people make the most of each day is the most rewarding way to spend ours. We give small and medium‑sized businesses cloud‑based, intuitive technology solutions that enable them to manage all the hassles of running and growing a business, so business owners can get back to doing what they love. With Xplor Pay, we help businesses get paid quickly and securely - without hidden fees. We built the tech ourselves, and our platform delivers secure, transparent, fast, and accurate payments. We are unified by our purpose of helping people to succeed. So, when you become part of our team, you also become part of the personal connection that strengthens the relationship people have with Xplor products.

Job Description

Join our Fitness & Wellbeing vertical as a Bid Manager in Newcastle, to make a real impact every day. You’ll join our Commercial Operations team in the Fitness & Wellbeing vertical where we’ve recently brought together our Boutique Wellness and Health & Fitness business to form a single, global vertical that serves clients around the globe in key markets like the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. We have market‑leading software products like Xplor Gym (Membr), Mariana Tek, TrueCoach, Clubware, Resamania and Xplor Recreation designed to help our clients manage and grow their business.

You will play a pivotal role in managing the end‑to‑end bid process, including coordination of RFP responses, oversight of contract negotiations and producing professionally written proposal content that clearly articulates Xplor's value proposition. As such, you must demonstrate strong commercial acumen and a strategic mindset, working closely with internal stakeholders to ensure proposals and contractual terms reflect Xplor's commercial objectives and compliance standards. Reporting into the Commercial Operations Director you’ll manage cross‑functional projects that drive process improvements, assisting in the implementation of new commercial initiatives, and facilitating effective communication between teams to ensure alignment with broader business objectives. This includes contributing to the development of training materials, supporting compliance with internal governance frameworks, and proactively identifying opportunities to streamline workflows and enhance the efficiency of the Commercial Operations function.

Some of the other responsibilities you’ll have:

• Bid management and RFP response process, including ensuring that timelines are met and that proposals submitted conform to Xplor pricing and profitability guidelines.
• Creation of high quality bid documents, including writing and editing content (text and graphics) and document production.
• Maintain a centralised content library of proposal boilerplate, case studies and responses.
• Support the provision of business and industry insights and analytics to drive performance and identify areas of opportunity / underperformance.
• Support the standardised adoption of sales technology to optimise performance management (e.g. Salesforce.com, HubSpot, Responsive!).
• Provide governance support around contract management and commercial pricing for both new business and existing customers.
• Communicate effectively with prospects, customers, stakeholders and senior management, including escalation of risks / issues.
• Other duties that from time to time may be required to support the R & L business objectives.

We offer a flexible hybrid working model for this position. You’ll have the option to work from home, with occasional travel to our Newcastle office when required. For this role, you’ll need to be available to work from 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm UK time to support the North America region for Xplor.

Qualifications

We are looking for curious and empathetic people. We also love to hear from people who are motivated by meaningful work, resonate with our four core values, have a positive outlook, are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive working in an ever‑evolving and complex environment. We are inspired by meeting big picture thinkers and doers, people who can be both tactical and strategic, aim high and put people first in everything they do.

Required qualifications for this role:

• Extensive experience in the software sales industry.
• 3 plus years experience in bid writing/management.
• Proven track record of working across multiple commercial functions, you will be a highly collaborative individual who values the input of colleagues and peers, and seeks input from others e.g - Product, Marketing, Commercial, Governance and Engineering.
• Exceptional written English, verbal communication and listening skills.
• You are highly organised, process and detail‑oriented, result‑focused and able to work autonomously.
• You are positive, confident and a good‑rapport builder, with a professional and courteous attitude.
• You have strong numerical understanding and analytical ability; and, ability to work with and influence a broad range of stakeholders to complete agreed tasks.
• You’re a true team player who knows that we all have to sometimes roll up our sleeves.

At Xplor, we believe that the best innovation and ideas happen at the intersections of our differences - people of diverse cultures, generations, disciplines, and lived experiences. So even if you think you do not tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

What does it mean to work for Xplor? Our four core values - Make life simple, Build for people, Move with purpose and Create lasting communities - are key to who we are and guide us from how we hire to how we recognise our team members.

Some of the perks of working with us:

• Unparalleled opportunities to learn and accelerated career development.
• A collaborative, team environment with people who truly love what they do.
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit Programs.
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning, 10% of your time devoted to growing you and your career, and further support to help you grow.
• Access to mental health support.
• Flexible work arrangements.

How to apply?

To start your application with us, please submit your CV and a cover letter and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can. Please include the word “moonshot” at the top of your cover letter so that we know you really took the time to read our job ad. Your contact is Eric Fallon - TA Partner. We understand that diverse candidates have diverse needs. We welcome you to inform us of any additional needs related to completing your job application or participating in the interview process, talent@xplortechnologies.com.

More about us

We are the first global platform combining SaaS with embedded payments and tools to help businesses grow and succeed. We offer software solutions in fast‑growing “everyday life” verticals: Education, Fitness & Wellbeing, Field Services and Personal Services - and a global, cloud‑based payment processing platform. With operations in North America, Australasia, Asia, Europe, and the UK, we serve over 106,000 customers that processed over $38 billion in payments across 20 markets in 2024.

Good to know

To be considered for employment, you must be legally authorised to work in the location (country) you’re applying for. Xplor does not sponsor visas, either at the time of hire or at any later time. We kindly ask you to apply through our careers portal or external job boards only. Please don’t send your application via email.

To learn more about us and our products, www.xplortechnologies.com/careers. We also invite you to check out our Candidate FAQs for more information about our recruitment process www.xplortechnologies.com/recruitment-faqs.

Please note that we do not exclusively rely on artificial intelligence (AI) when making hiring, promotion or any other employment decisions. We don’t have any AI tools in place that are capable of making these kinds of hiring decisions for us. Xplor is dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community. We make it a priority to respond to each person who applies.

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