Bid Manager - Southern Counties - pa;

Salary:
Up to £42k pa (depending on experience)

The Bid Proposal Manager will be accountable for coordinating the Managed Communications’ formal response to new‑business and account‑retention tenders. The primary focus is to ensure we submit a compelling bid on time and to the required quality standards. The role involves creating solutions, proposals, setting up content management, and developing a future team.

• Managing and continuously improving the performance of the Managed Communications knowledge base, including developing new content from scratch, on‑demand, and updating records with persuasive case studies.
• Re‑writing content received from other departments to ensure it is sales‑focused, on‑brand, and compelling.
• Co‑developing the win strategy and key themes during kick‑off and story‑boarding meetings.
• Working with key personnel to create cross‑functional project teams, producing project plans, and prioritising activities to deliver on time.
• Ensuring completed bids are submitted to the customer on time and in the required format via e‑procurement solutions and tender portals.
• Evaluating the customer’s requirements, developing a winning proposal strategy with sales, finance, and pricing teams, and authoring the bid response.
• Anticipating potential issues and continually re‑prioritising tasks to meet schedules.

• Outstanding writing and editing skills. Experience in business or bid writing, copywriting, editing, or journalism is desirable.
• Highly organised and excellent communicator, able to extract information from stakeholders, translate technical language into persuasive business writing, and influence others.
• Attention to detail with the ability to zoom in to assess work in minute detail and zoom out to assess overall progress.
• Team‑player comfortable working in a deadline‑driven environment and under pressure.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise multiple tasks to meet schedules.
• Proficiency with Advanced Microsoft Office; experience with Qvidian or SANT proposal automation software is advantageous.