Bid Manager

Hybrid - Home & Leeds office

£60,000 Basic + Bonus + Healthcare + Life Assurance + 25 Days Holidays plus Birthday off and Christmas shutdown + Pension + Other Perks

On offer is the opportunity to join a UK based international law firm who provides a range of legal services in both the private and public sectors. Enjoy working in a close knit, collaborative team as a Bid Manager reporting into a Head of Bids that takes pride on bidding strategically as opposed to the scattergun approach. Good package on offer, as well as support and development being surrounded by a well experienced bidding team that continuously strive for improvement.

The business has a strong presence through the UK, Europe & Asia and have been around for over 200 years and continue to be a force within the legal sector. The Bid Manager role will entail management of the full bid lifecycle, typically working one or two bids at a time, taking the bid all the way from conception to submission. An exciting opportunity for some looking for a stable bidding role, with freedom, flexibility and an identified team around them.

Key Duties:

* Project managing tenders from initial assessment, including bid/no bid qualification, through to drafting, submission, preparing teams for presentations and post submission feedback and reporting across both the private & public sector

* Identifying winning themes that convey an understanding of client requirements and differentiate our offering to those of our competitors

* Generating written responses and marketing materials that are completed to a high standard and are compelling, clear, and compliant

* Developing and maintaining a library of precedent text for tenders including capturing all deal/transaction information to be utilised in future bids

* Managing internal stakeholders throughout the tender process

* Researching and establishing procurement cycles and engaging with procurement professionals within key target and key client organisations to contribute to the firm's sales pipeline

* Providing input to the lessons learnt process from involvement with previous submissions

Experience Required:

* Bid Manager / Bid Writer experience

* Ideally a background in Legal - or alternatively other Professional Services experience

* Can manage the entire bid process in collaboration with a range of internal and external stakeholders

* Willing to travel to Leeds up to 2-3 days a week, as well as occasional site visits

Apply now to Gordon Levy at Bid Resource Solutions

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Bid Resource Solutions Limited is an Employment Consultancy.

Bid Resource Solutions Limited regrets to inform you that our client can only accept applications from candidates who have a valid legal permit or right to work in the United Kingdom. Potential candidates who do not have this right or permit or are pending an application to obtain this right or permit should not apply as your details will not be processed