Bid Co-Ordinator

Job Description
Main Purpose of Role 
To support the Business Development Director and wider Business Development Team.

This role offers the perfect opportunity to become part of and grow with a continuing successful team.

This role will offer variety including bid management, tendering and BD support.

The new Bid Co-ordinator will play an important role in helping our Client achieve its strategic growth targets - helping to create high quality, successful tender responses. The role will offer the end-to-end management of its most important bids whilst strategically driving the process. This role will suit an ambitious, driven individual, who is looking to take the next important step forward in their bidding career.

Drive, enthusiasm and customer focus are essential.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

1. Ownership and co-ordination of the full tender cycle process.

2. Responsibility for excellent understanding of the complete internal bid management process and systems.

3. Manage allocated bids, including implementing the Bids and Proposals Procedure, collating and checking content and bid team inputs.

4. Recognise the need for supply chain input and oversee the progression.

5. Accurately assess timescales and estimate the resources required to execute a proposal and develop/manage proposal strategies.

6. Identify appropriate internal resources and technical contributors to support bids.

7. Design and complete storyboards and bid plans and brief relevant contributors.

8. Pro-actively manage contract documentation to ensure robust due diligence is carried out mitigate risks to our Client.

9. Look for ways to improve the customer experience for our Client's customers making recommendations for change to relevant stakeholders.

10. Work closely with your colleagues to share and encourage best practice to deliver overall targets.

11. To comply with all company policies and instructions for the fulfilment of company objectives embracing our Client's values at all times.

12. Arranging and leading handover meetings on successful bids.

13. Any other reasonable duties commensurate with the post, which may be allocated from time to time.

Job Context / Key Challenges

1. Support Business Development team.

2. Co-ordination of tender process.

3. Analyse bid requirements and prepare comprehensive bid documents.

4. Key influence will be on internal & external customers.

Dimensions

1. Accuracy and attention to detail.

2. Excellent customer service skills & strong customer focus.

3. To be well organised to manage time and priorities effectively to achieve deadlines.

4. Excellent written, oral and communication skills.

5. Continually identify tender process improvements.

Qualifications and Experience

1. Experienced Bid Co-ordinator or Bid Writer looking to step up.

2. APMP Foundation qualification is highly desirable.

3. A good understanding of the ICP and Renewable markets (desirable).

4. Ability to manage the bid process.

5. Ability to manage own time with multiple tasks and within deadlines.

6. Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.

7. Self-motivated and proactive approach.

8. Drive to win and succeed
Job Context/ Key Challenges
Key Duties and Responsibilit

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