Bids and Tenders Specialist. LilyLifestyle

A genuinely exciting Bids & Tenders Coordinator position has arisen with this well established, leading manufacturer of street lighting and road safety products. They are looking for an induvial from within the street lighting, street furniture or traffic signage/road safety industry with experience of putting together bids and tenders to join their team! If this role sounds of interest, please apply ASAP!

LOCATION: You will work from an office near Chesterfield Monday to Friday (Mon-Thurs 8am to 5pm, Fri 8am to 4.30pm).

SALARY: 35k to 40k as a basic salary, 23 days annual leave employee assistance programme, rewards gateway, share scheme programme, life assurance, free onsite parking.

This company sells a wide range of sign and signal posts, passively safe lighting columns, traffic bollards, sign masts and motorway sign supports to architects, specifiers, consultants and main contractors. You will also deal with Local Authorities, Highways Departments and civil engineering companies.

As Bid & Tenders Coordinator you will be responsible for managing the company's tender portal to search and identify projects to quote and tender for. You will also be responsible for responding and raising quotes/tender for inbound enquiries. Other responsibilities include:

• Identify, track, and manage tender submissions from initial review through to final submission to ensure bids are competitive and in line with expectations
• Develop bid programmes and manage strict submission deadlines; reporting on all bid outcomes to strengthen Win/No-Win monitoring, using insights to strengthen future bid positioning and win probability
• Maintain and improve bid content libraries, case studies, and templates with the latest market intelligence and regulations relevant to business products
• Respond to general sales enquiries and provide quotations to the required specifications, following up on quotations to gain the win
• Engage with Local Authorities, Highways Agencies, External Contractors and the like to promote the business to win new projects and ensure the renewal of existing contracts

Successful candidates will have at least 3 years sales related experience within the street furniture, street lighting or traffic signage industry and have experience of putting together bids and tenders.

All vacancies are based in the UK. It is unlawful to employ a person who does not have permission to live and work in the UK and we will therefore only consider applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the EU.