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Bid Manager
May 10, 2018 | Comments Off on Bid Manager
Salary and benefits - Competitive salary plus full package, including company car or car allowance, healthcare, matched pension totalling up to 15%, 2x share options, numerous retail discounts and up to 10% off new Kier homes
Location - Within 1 hour commute of Cambridge
Key Responsibilities:
- To work ethos of the Company Vision & Values
- To maintain the security and confidential status of all information so designated; to conduct all activities in a professional manner at all times
- To assist the Sales Team in developing the business
- To manage and prepare bids in accordance with company operating procedures
- To challenge the solution development with the bid modelling and operational teams
- To ensure that the solution developed is the most competitive ensuring profitability for the business
- To support or lead the risk management and commercial negotiations where required in the absence of the salesperson
- To develop the sales presentation and attend solution presentations to the client where required
- To ensure a full and complete handover to the mobilisation team
- To supervise bid production including writing content and designing the bid
- To work with the Sales Team to develop winning bid strategies
- To contribute to the search for business opportunities
- To mentor and develop bid production and bid modelling skills
- To support the preparation of Settlement Papers for sign off by Business Directors and associated parties
- The jobholder may be required to undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required of him/her in the post mentioned above, or in a comparable post within the company
Key Skills and Qualifications:
- The jobholder needs to have a background in a similar services type environment, or obtained a high level of education in relevant subjects, or be willing to undertake training both internal and external to the company. Have a good understanding of the company, its products, and its organisation both geographical and structural.
- An excellent project / bid manager
- A high level of IT skills in Word, InDesign and to a degree Excel
- A high level of written English and report writing and/ or bid writing skills
- An excellent communicator
- Must be prepared to spend time away from home overnight
- Previous experience in high level bid writing and production
- Commercial sector focussed experience
- Proactive nature with an ability to show initiative
- A good understanding of Kier, its other products outside of the facilities services range, its organisation both geographical and structural would be highly beneficial.
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