Bid Manager (APMP)
Job Title: Bid Manager / Proposal Manager
Location: 1 / 2 days per week in Southampton office, with 3 to 4 days per week at home
Salary: £50k to £55k per annum
My client is a technology business with offices in Hampshire.
We are looking for a Bid Manager to joing the business to work closely with the Business Development Director
We are looking for a candidate who can work from our clients Hampshire offices 1 day per week, and has an APMP accreditation.
Led end-to-end bid life cycle for complex RFPs/RFIs/ITTs, coordinating capture, strategy, pricing, proposal development and timely submission
Developed capture plans and win strategies, defined customer-aligned value propositions and clear win themes to increase bid competitiveness.
Worked within cross-functional bid teams (sales, solution architects, finance, legal, delivery), drove task ownership, milestones and bid governance.
Produced, edited and QA'd high-quality proposals, executive summaries, technical responses and compliance matrices to meet RFP requirements
Built pricing and commercial models, performed margin and risk assessments, and prepared bid budgets and approval packs
Maintained and optimised bid content libraries, templates and tools (MS Office, SharePoint, CRM, e‑tender portals, CPQ) to improve response efficiency.
Ran red-team reviews, conducted stakeholder rehearsals and post-submission debriefs; tracked win/loss metrics and implemented lessons learned.
Managed bid schedules and resource allocation under tight deadlines, delivering submissions on time while controlling costs.
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