Bid Manager, Technology Consulting

Agency:
Credera Job Function:
Account Management and Growth Job Subfunction:
Sales and Client Operations

Are you an enthusiastic, talented bid manager that wants to be at the heart of winning multi-million-pound deals in a rapidly growing tech company? Then this might be the opportunity you’ve been seeking. As a well-established technology and management consulting firm with exciting growth plans, Credera is constantly increasing the volume and percentage of work we win. We have an established bid team, which manages complex bids that range in value up to £10million.

If you are highly organised, skilled in bid management, and can craft top quality written responses, often under tight timescales, this could be the perfect role for you. Ideally, you will have experience of bid management in the technology services industry with a strong background in Public Procurement.

You will be part of the Client Function and work as a Bid Manager across our primary Sales Sectors (which are Public Sector, Financial Service & Insurance, Energy and Commercial) and will be responsible for managing technology bid responses with the sales teams. Initially you will lead bid qualification with the sales team and appropriate SMEs, before shaping the bid timeline.

You will assemble the bid team, run a bid kick-off, identify clarification questions to be submitted, and allocate bid writing to appropriate team members (some dedicated, some not). Throughout the process you will be scheduling and leading reviews, bringing all the writing into a single response which adheres to client specifications, reporting progress, and escalating risks and issues. You will typically be working on multiple bids at any one time.

Timelines are often tight, particularly when relying on busy consultants for inputs, so the ability to work calmly and diligently under pressure is key, as is the ability to take bullet point information and craft top quality bid responses from it. Tools at your disposal include a growing suite of bid management guides and tools, which can be reused / evolved as required.

Although there will be other bid managers who will be your peers, you will be expected to work collaboratively across all sectors as required, identifying and implementing opportunities for continuous improvement. Rest assured; you will not be responsible for managing every bid we respond to but rather take responsibility for the most important, high pay-off opportunities where your professional skills will ensure we deliver the best response possible.

We will look to you to provide leadership and guidance to other bid team members at Credera, helping develop their skills by delivering bid management training and assisting them as they deliver bids.

• Owning the end-to-end bid process for multiple, complex bid submissions
• Managing virtual bid teams with competing priorities and client-facing duties
• Supporting the Bid Team in developing and maintaining a comprehensive Bid Library
• Maintaining detailed and accurate records for reporting purposes
• Ability and willingness to support colleagues across multiple sectors during peak periods
• Using Emotional Intelligence to support, motivate and better engage individuals and teams

• You have extensive Bid Management experience, preferably in the Technology Services industry,ideally evidenced by APMP membership / certification to at least Foundation level.
• Excellent organisational skills including planning, bid document management, diary management.
• Skilled at proactive risk management and mitigation including early and appropriate escalation of issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven stakeholder…