Bid Manager

3 weeks ago


Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Reed Talent Solutions Full time

The Bid Manager runs our presales activity in delivering compelling submissions to our future clients.


What you’ll be doing

  • Contract and governance for Reed Talent Solutions associates, as well as governance for all suppliers providing resources to projects
  • Provide associate support, act as a first point of contact for all contract and time-sheet queries and maintenance of contractor and supplier records to ensure data accuracy
  • Audit and compliance for all accounts to ensure a high level of compliance is met
  • Liaise with the PMO, resource managers, account owners and other stakeholders to manage key business requirements
  • Maintain good process and quality of documentation to associates and the business
  • Manage relationships with third party suppliers and ensure that outsourced screening service providers consistently meet their service level agreements
  • Evaluate and manage requests for limited company exceptions
  • To manage the process around expenses, insurance and contract queries and ensure escalations are managed where risks occur up to director level
  • Manage expectations of account owners regarding risks to the business as a whole
  • Liaising with internal and external contact and third-party suppliers to ensure continuity of service, e.g., screening and umbrella companies alongside managed service and resourcing departments
  • Providing professional service/support to internal stakeholders for all new and existing associates
  • Responding to a range of queries in a timely fashion, channelling to the most appropriate area as and when required


Key relationships

  • Current and future Reed clients
  • Internal account stakeholders
  • Reed leadership team
  • Client compliance teams
  • Support supplier network
  • Reed group compliance teams
  • External suppliers for screening and compliance services


Experience:

  • 3 years or plus in bid management/presales
  • Hands on experience of designing and composing sales submissions
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet tight timescales
  • Ability to multi-task, working on several projects at any given time
  • Ability to assimilate sales strategies and offerings to market
  • Experience of leading workshops to establish win themes
  • Proactive with the willingness to meet customer requirements
  • Experience of shaping bids, identifying win themes, SWOT analysis
  • Excellent standard of written English


Proud winners of:

  • #1 Recruitment Agency - Glassdoor Best Places To Work 2020
  • The JobCrowd Top Companies for Graduates to Work For 2021
  • The JobCrowd Top Companies for Apprentices to Work For 2021


Our values, your values; our future, your future

All job offers are subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role.


Reed is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity.


We are a Mindful Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. As a proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, we welcome applications from ex-services personnel and reservists.


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