Senior Bid Strategy Manager

1 week ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Galliford Try Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Bid Strategy Manager to join our team in Central Scotland. As a key member of our pre-construction team, you will be responsible for leading the creation of innovative and effective responses to tender document submissions.

Reporting to the Bid Director, you will work closely with our bid writers and bid co-ordinators to deliver bespoke 'win strategies' and manage all aspects of the end-to-end bidding process. Your primary duties will include receiving, analysing, and disseminating tender documents, preparing bid programmes, and ensuring adherence to defined governance and bid management processes.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Receiving, analysing, and disseminating tender documents, including handling clarifications & amendments;
  • Preparing bid programmes and deliverables schedules to monitor progress;
  • Ensuring that the Bid team adheres to defined governance and bid management processes and adequately hands over successful bids to delivery teams;
  • Contributing and leading the wider bid team at key stages of individual tender opportunities, gathering technical information from internal departments to compile and ensure a high-quality bespoke solution is offered to the client;
  • Identifying winning bid themes, strategies, and actions;
  • Implementing our Delivering Excellence culture change programme through the Bid process;
  • Leading tender launch and finalisation meetings, including content-specific workshops and regular progress meetings;
  • Supporting the development and undertaking the writing of high-quality winning quality deliverables, including co-ordinating, proof-reading, and editing written content produced by others;
  • Taking a lead role in the management of the submission process, ensuring that all deliverables are being produced and successfully issued in line with the PQQ/Tender requirements;
  • Liaison and collaboration with subject matter experts to assist the development of focussed and bespoke responses;
  • Building and developing effective relationships throughout the business and with partners out with Supply Chain and Design Team Partners;
  • Oversight and contribution to the production of promotional/marketing materials and award submissions;
  • Providing guidance and mentoring to junior staff.

What We Offer

In return for your expertise, we offer a competitive salary of £60,000 - £80,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus a range of benefits, including generous holiday entitlement, corporate discounts, cycle to work schemes, comprehensive pension plan, regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme, private medical scheme options, and paid yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.

About Us

Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction businesses, committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people through our 'Be Well' programme. We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes, and have an Agile Working programme that empowers you with flexibility in when, where, and how you work.



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