We are excited to be hiring a Bid Manager for one of our customers in the Recycling Sector

Do you have at least three years' experience of bid/tender management and ideally experience of the waste and recycling industry? Our broad customer base and service offering makes for a rewarding and varied role as Bid Manager, based at our Colnbrook office, near Heathrow. You’ll manage our tender activities and join us on a permanent full-time contract, earning £50-60k and great benefits, including:

Company car
Discretionary company bonuses
Pension scheme (you contribute 5% of pay, Grundon matches this) with life insurance cover
30 days’ annual leave (inclusive of 8 bank holidays), which will increase with service, plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days' holiday

What you’ll be doing as Bid Manager

As Bid Manager, one week you could be overseeing a bid for a multi-site retail or property management company, the next for an NHS Trust, local authority or other public-sector body, or an airport or logistics business.

You’ll manage the preparation and completion of Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs), Invitation to Tenders (ITTs) and tender documents.

Supported by a Bid Writer, you will liaise with internal teams – Contract Management, Sales, Operations, Compliance – to come up with solutions for customers’ waste across all ‘streams’, from general waste and recycling to hazardous and clinical.

You’ll ensure full compliance requirements have been met and manage the production and delivery of tender documents.

What we’re looking for in our Tender Manager

Degree-educated.

Excellent writing and proofreading skills.

You’re highly motivated with strong organisational, time-management and communication skills.

You’re used to working to tight deadlines whilst maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.

Evidence of an excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).

Full UK driving licence

Working hours: 35 per week: 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri, though flexibility is required in order to meet deadlines

Join a Growing company

You’ll be joining a leading, long-established and award-winning waste management, environmental and quarrying business that develops and invests in the people that work for us. With a bright future and expansion plans, we could be a great career fit for you.