Bid Manager

3 weeks ago


Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom BSI Full time
Job Title: Bid Manager

Estimated Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 per annum

We are seeking an experienced Bid Manager to join our successful internal sales team based in Milton Keynes. This is an excellent career opportunity to work with an industry-leading company in a role that is crucial to our organisation by maximising the acquisition and retention of both prospective and existing clients.

This position is based on a hybrid working model, and the successful applicant will be expected to work from the office at least twice per week.

About the Role:

  • The Bid Manager will take overall ownership and accountability for the full end-to-end bids process, including formal tenders and major proposals.
  • Responsibilities include managing proactive and reactive bids, liaising with different service lines and functions for required intelligence, support, strategy, solution, proposal, and commercial offering.
  • Leading virtual bid team activities and seeking required inputs from key internal departments, such as Sales, Marketing, Compliance, and Risk.
  • Collating, creating, and preparing collateral required for bids and tender proposals and presentations for submission.
  • Ensuring all submissions meet both BSI and client requirements.
  • Proactively horizon-scanning for new bids and tenders opportunities.
  • Monitoring and tracking all bids and tenders through CRM, ensuring records are accurate and up-to-date.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • Previous experience of the bids and tenders process in a commercial environment.
  • Demonstrable track record in sales, bids, and tenders involving large/complex opportunities in a business-to-business environment, with a favourable win ratio.
  • Knowledge and understanding of public and private sector bid requirements.
  • Experience of keeping track of multiple, complex, time-phased activities to achieve results.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including at board and c-suite level.
  • Computer-literate with experience of Salesforce, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email, and internet-based applications.
  • A 'right first time' attitude with a pro-active approach to tasks.
  • The confidence to challenge peers to ensure deadlines are met.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.

Our Benefits:

  • BSI offers a competitive total reward package, including flexible working hours, ongoing training and development, 27 days annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, pension plan with company contribution, income protection, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, adoption leave, compassionate leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

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