You will play a leading role in ensuring we win major contracts within the public and private sector.
The focus will primarily be on writing proposals, tenders and managing the procurement process to a successful conclusion.
You’ll establish and maintain a framework and tender repository, ensuring the way we communicate to customers is consistent and of a high quality standard.
The Bid Manager will assemble and manage a bid team that has the skills to prepare and submit a winning bid, whilst taking ownership of the end-to-end bid process.
You’ll be significantly involved pre-RFP by sourcing the tenders, driving the supplier questionnaire phase and ensuring all resources are aligned to the client’s requirements long before the bid process starts.
After bid submission, the Bid Manager remains involved throughout the presentation and contract negotiation stages.
Identifying critical win factors as part of the tender qualification process.
Mobilising and managing a virtual bid team of sales, marketing, product, finance, commercial, legal and project management.
Ensuring bids follow governance gates and are signed off at the appropriate levels.
Ensuring key stakeholders adhere to the agreed timelines for submitting their individual contributions. You will also edit their responses to ensure that our responses have a consistent tone of voice.
Formally handing over the project to installations teams.
Managing sales enablement tools to ensure that all customer facing materials are consistently updated and easy to access.
Capturing lessons learned post contract award notice, ensuring all lessons learned are fed back and implemented.
Requirements
Proven experience of Bid Management experience within the telecommunications and/or IT sector.
Proven experience of Public Sector tendering
Extensive bid writing experience
Technical awareness including an understanding of wireless and wired internet / network based solutions
A strong intellect, quick thinking with the ability to understand, manage and influence multiple stakeholders. Able to influence at senior levels within the organisation.
Excellent written and verbal skills ensuring technical and non technical responses are tailored to the correct audience and in a consistent tone of voice.
An excellent understanding of bid processes, procedures and best practices.
Bid content and collaboration tool experience required.
Proven experience in all aspects of the bid development process, and core competencies of Bid Management with a demonstrable record of success in managing and winning bids.
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