Bid Manager, Technology Consulting

Job Description
Are you an enthusiastic,talented bid manager that wants to be at the heart of winning multi-million-pounddealsin arapidlygrowing tech company? Then this might be the opportunity you’ve been seeking.

Agency
Credera
Job Function
Account Management and Growth
Job Subfunction
Sales and Client Operations
Job Description
Are you an enthusiastic,talented bid manager that wants to be at the heart of winning multi-million-pounddealsin arapidlygrowing tech company? Then this might be the opportunity you’ve been seeking.

As awell-establishedtechnology and management consulting firmwith exciting growth plans,Crederaisconstantlyincreasingthevolumeand percentage of work we win. We have an established bid team, whichmanagescomplexbidsthat rangein valueup to £10million.

If youarehighly organised,skilledin bid management, andcan craft top quality written responses, often under tight timescales,this could be the perfect role for you.

Ideally, you will have experience ofbid management inthe technology services industry with a strong background inPublic

Procurement.

Here’s what you will doYou 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 managingtechnologybid responses with the sales teams.

Initiallyyouwillleadbid qualification with the sales team and appropriate SMEs,before shaping the bid timeline. You willassemblethe bid team,run a bid kick-off,identify clarification questions to be submitted,andallocatebid writing to appropriate team members (some dedicated, some not). Throughout the process you will be scheduling and leading reviews, bringingallthewritinginto 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 forinputs, 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 includeagrowingsuite ofbid management guides andtools,which can be reused / evolved as required.

Although therewill beother 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 formanagingevery bid we respond to but rather take responsibility for the most important, high pay-offportunitieswhere your professional skills will ensure we deliver the best response possible.

We will look to you to provide leadership and guidance toother bid team membersat

Credera,helping develop their skillsby delivering bid management training and assisting themas theydelivertheir bids.
Responsibilities

• 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 APMPmembership /certification to at least Foundation level.
• Excellent organisational skills including planning,bid document management, diary management.
• Skilled atproactiverisk management and mitigation includingearlyand appropriate escalation ofissues.
• S…