Bid Writer

**Bid Writer**

**Location: Nottingham and Hybrid**

**Reporting to**: Head of Bid Management

**Company Overview**:
A global business that continues to evolve technologically. Designing, installing, and maintaining integrated end-to-end surveillance control systems for some of the UK’s most demanding security environments, excelling in complex, critical, and regulatedenvironments, where customers require innovative, tailored solutions they can depend on.

The opportunity to join a culture that is fast paced, positive and 'can do’ where people are well valued in a challenging and stimulating work environment designed to promote individual and professional development at all levels.

**Job Purpose**:
**Principal Accountabilities**:

- Conducting research to enhance and tailor bids including sector research, client research, competitor research, product, equipment, solution service research.
- In coordination with the Bid Coordinator monitor/manage all procurement portals to identify potential business aligned opportunities.
- Working with the Head of Bid Management through a bid/no-bid process.
- Manage the submission of Approved Vendor Registrations, Pre-Qualification Questionnaires, Invitation to Tenders, Invitation to Negotiate, tender clarification requests, general Marketing and Social Media collateral.
- Develop tailored win themes and bid production strategies.
- Support the construction, writing and editing of bids and proposals, to create compelling winning bids.
- Provide end-to-end support throughout the bid life cycle, including tender kick off, proposal management, presentations and obtaining stakeholder feedback.
- Responsible for the quality of all aspects of the bid, including written documentation and presentations, ensuring that written proposals are clear, concise, and compelling.
- Work alongside a team of Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) to develop strong, tailored responses.
- Continuously develop the comprehensive bid library, answer base, case studies, bid and marketing collateral.
- Creating a tender timelines/plans/schedule to pre-empt bid processes, inputs, outputs submission requirements.
- Reviewing, quality assuring and amending bid proposal documentation and collateral.
- Carry out internal pitch team debriefs and conduct post decision reviews with the wider (virtual) bid team.
- Proactively seeking new methodologies, tools, and innovations to deliver proposals in different ways.
- Any other duties deemed necessary by the company management team.

**Key personal attributes**:
Seeking a professional level Bid Writer who is a highly organised individual who can work under pressure, taking full ownership of tasks in a dynamic and driven manner, with the ability to work confidently both independently and as part of a team. You willbe working to tight deadlines, whilst effectively prioritising your workload. You will be comfortable with managing multiple concurrent tasks and effectively managing expectations. You will be a fluent English speaker with excellent technical writing skillsand experience of generating compelling proposal content and possess excellent attention to detail. Possessing strong interpersonal / persuasive and administrative skills, you will have a can-do, positive attitude and be able to develop a rapport within thebid team and with wider business stakeholders.

**Qualifications and experience**:

- Educated to degree level or suitable experience
- Knowledge of the electronic security industry (not essential)
- Minimum experience of 3 years within bid writing
- Highly experienced in writing technical and qualitative content
- Be highly organised, process driven and possess strong attention to detail
- Sales/Commercial training or experience
- APMP or similar accreditation (not essential)