Role: Senior Bid Manager Location: Home based with access to regional offices Salary: up to £85k plus excellent package Our client is comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future; Planned maintenance, Gas, retrofit, internal and external refurbishment throughout the country. Their mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure to create a more sustainable and inclusive society. Senior Bid Manager Job Description We are looking for a Bid Manager or a Senior Bid Manager who can contribute to sustained business growth through the management of bid submissions and proposals from initial enquiry to tender submission for projects from £500k to £250m. Please note you will be doing 100% of the writing yourself in this role, you will not have a team to do this for you. Responsible for the timely planning, management and completion of quality submissionsRead, understand and extract the key bid requirements from the documentation received and communicate with all parties via Tracking Sheets; Planning and Review meetingsIdentify and communicate evaluation criteria and its relevance to question specific scoresPlan, write & co-ordinate submission responses ensuring client and job specific answersDevelopment of both internal and external relationships in association with the bid processMaintain current information on company good practice from Operational and Service teamsMaintain bid momentum and ensure information from operational and service teams is received on time and is of sufficient quality and relevanceMaintain a high level of market intelligence, legislative requirements, best practice and Client information, sharing with the team and updating business development systemsIdentify any past experience with the relevant Client or source information on new clients through Business Development Managers, internet use, etc.Maintaining accurate records of Tender Expected dates, liaising with Estimating to ensure the adequate resource allocationMaintain a high level of market intelligence, legislative requirements and best practice, sharing knowledge throughout the teamIdentify opportunities to enhance and improve the processIdentify company USP's and competitive advantage and ensure these are fed into bidsLiaison with Estimators on Tenders for any price/quality synergy and timing of submissionReview all bids prior to submission to check relevance, quality and accuracyManage Site Visit or Interview requirements, identifying a 'Champion' to lead the processCompiling, updating and sharing a library of submission informationManagement of follow-ups with Clients to secure accurate informationMaintaining accurate records relating to win/loss rates, sourcing feedback and creating action plans for improvement and proactively update corporate systems and databases. Senior Bid Manager Qualifications Educated to A Level StandardComputer literate in MS OfficeProven track record of bid management throughout the full bid lifecycleHigh Attention to Detail Up to date construction/Industry knowledge and understandingSocial Housing knowledge and experience Confident and enthusiasticTechnical writing skills and retrofit knowledge For more Info please contact Gary Sewell on Applications If you feel that you have the relevant experience to be successful in this position and would like to find out more please apply online today attaching a copy of your current CV. Alternatively contact us on. Howells are an Equal Opportunities employer. All applications will be dealt with in the strictest confidence. Howells acts as an Employment Business for the supply of temporary workers and an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies.