Senior Bid Manager

Your new role…

Reed Talent Solutions are looking for a Senior Bid Manager to both write and project manage high-value tenders and presentations for our future clients.

What you'll be doing

• You will write tenders for clients operating across all industries and sectors

• You will work in partnership with our business development team throughout the proposal process, project managing different stakeholders to ensure we get the information we need, when we need it

• You will regularly review and update our library of information to support our proposals

• You will collate information from across our business, engaging with stakeholders at all levels

• You will support different stages of the tender process, including PQQs, RFIs, ITTs, RFPs and presentations

• You will support our approach to continuous improvement and identify better ways of working by conducting reviews with both internal and external stakeholders

• You will create engaging graphics and presentations that support our sales messages

• You will support the wider bid team in sourcing information and creating winning responses

• You will train and support more junior members of the team

• You will deputise for the Bid Director in their absence

• You will lead on continuous improvement projects to enhance the efficiency and capability of the bid function

Who we're looking for:

• Experience in bid management/creation

• Operational or bid management experience within recruitment, consultancy or BPO

• Experience of coordinating teams of people across a business

• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight timescales

• Ability to multi-task, working on several projects at any given time

• Ability to assimilate sales strategies and offerings to market

• Experience of leading workshops to establish win themes

• Willingness to meet customer requirements

• Experience of shaping bids, identifying win themes, SWOT analysis

• APMP or other project management qualification is preferable but not essential

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• #1 Recruitment Agency - Glassdoor Best Places To Work 2020
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Our values, your values; our future, your future

All job offers are subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role. Reed is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We are a Mindful Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. As a proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, we welcome applications from ex-services personnel and reservists.