Bid Manager

The Bid Manager is a key member of our team at Reed Talent Solutions, responsible for delivering high-quality submissions to our clients.

This role requires a strong understanding of our business and the ability to work closely with our internal stakeholders to ensure that our submissions meet the highest standards.

• Contract and Governance: Ensure that all contracts and governance requirements are met for our associates and suppliers.
• Associate Support: Provide support to our associates, acting as a first point of contact for contract and time-sheet queries.
• Audit and Compliance: Conduct audits and ensure compliance with all accounts to maintain a high level of quality.
• Liaison and Communication: Liaise with our PMO, resource managers, account owners, and other stakeholders to manage key business requirements.
• Documentation and Quality: Maintain good process and quality of documentation to ensure that our associates and the business are well-informed.
• Supplier Management: Manage relationships with third-party suppliers and ensure that they consistently meet their service level agreements.
• Expense and Insurance Management: Manage the process around expenses, insurance, and contract queries, and ensure that escalations are managed where risks occur.
• Risk Management: Manage expectations of account owners regarding risks to the business as a whole.
• Continuity of Service: Liaise with internal and external contacts and third-party suppliers to ensure continuity of service.
• Stakeholder Support: Provide professional service/support to internal stakeholders for all new and existing associates.
• Query Management: Respond to a range of queries in a timely fashion, channelling to the most appropriate area as and when required.

• Current and Future Clients: Build and maintain strong relationships with our current and future clients.
• Internal Stakeholders: Work closely with our internal account stakeholders to ensure that our submissions meet their needs.
• Reed Leadership Team: Collaborate with our Reed leadership team to ensure that our submissions align with our business goals.
• Client Compliance Teams: Liaise with our client compliance teams to ensure that our submissions meet their requirements.
• Support Supplier Network: Manage relationships with our support supplier network to ensure that they consistently meet their service level agreements.
• Reed Group Compliance Teams: Collaborate with our Reed group compliance teams to ensure that our submissions meet our group's requirements.
• External Suppliers: Manage relationships with our external suppliers for screening and compliance services.

• Experience: 3 years or more in bid management/presales.
• Design and Composition: Hands-on experience of designing and composing sales submissions.
• Pressure and Time Management: Ability to work under pressure and meet tight timescales.
• Multi-Tasking: Ability to multi-task, working on several projects at any given time.
• Sales Strategies: Ability to assimilate sales strategies and offerings to market.
• Workshops and Win Themes: Experience of leading workshops to establish win themes.
• Proactivity: Proactive with the willingness to meet customer requirements.
• Shaping Bids: Experience of shaping bids, identifying win themes, SWOT analysis.
• Written English: Excellent standard of written English.