Senior Bid Manager

About The Company

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award‑winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering. Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. We are rooted in our TRUE values:
Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

• Award‑Winning
  
  Employer:
  
  Ranked 36th on Glassdoor’s Best Companies to Work For 2025 — we value and motivate our people.
• Digital Learning:
  The OCS Academy offers digital courses and resources to help you build skills and grow your career.
• Retail Perks:
  With our Hapi app, you can gain access to exclusive discounts, rewards and wellbeing resources.
• Professional Growth: 600+ live learners across UK&I — empowering colleagues with further development and qualifications.
• Flexible Pay:
  Access a portion of earned wages before payday with our Wagestream App! (Contract Specific)

Days of Working: Monday to Friday

Key Responsibilities:

• To develop a deep knowledge of OCS Group UK, building horizontal and vertical relationships with business leaders to facilitate successful bidding
• To fully programme bid activity on behalf of business development teams, including deal planning sessions, bid development, final bid document submission, bid award and (if appropriate) handover to mobilisation
• Manage and be responsible for a small team within the private sector function
• Develop responsibility for colleagues within the division; responsibility will include bid management and document creation
• Research potential clients and develop an understanding of their requirements

• Provide support and leadership to direct reports, so they are compliant with bid process, governance and escalated issues, to continuously improve their work
• Provide constructive feedback and development opportunities to support the continuous improvement of direct reports

• Must have Right to Work in the UK
• Be educated to a degree/HND or equivalent
• Be experienced in a bid/proposal management environment with clear experience in leading winning bids
• Impeccable time management, allowing prioritisation of a complex and varied workload
• Strong leadership skills in complex, multi‑stakeholder environments
• Experience in leading, influencing and developing cross‑functional teams in a bid environment

We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.