Bid Manager - Logistics £55,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus
Remote
Are you an experienced Bid Manager with experience in the Logistics sector?
As a Bid Manager you will lead and manage a wide variety of warehousing and transport tender opportunities across multiple sectors, engaging with dynamic and forward-thinking colleagues from across the entire organisation to deliver vibrant bid-winning proposals.
Key Responsibilities:
You will be accountable for the allocated response to all public and private tenders and proposals.
You will lead the virtual bid team within each sector through the defined process. This will comprise multiple work streams including: Business Development, Operations, Solution Design, Project Management, Finance, IT, HR and Commercial.
You will write and design articulate, concise, and customer-centric proposals, presentations, and other documents as required.
You will manage the end-to-end production of bid documentation and ensure that all proposals are completed on time and comply fully with the customer specification and requirements.
You will facilitate Value Proposition sessions, to ensure customer-centric and rationalised win strategies are developed and integrated into submission documents.
You will lead the qualification and sign-off processes, ensuring we are pursuing and responding to the correct business opportunities.
You will track and manage key outputs, actions and clarifications throughout the bid process.
You will lead tender review meetings to drive collaborative sessions with the virtual bid team.
You will ensure a customer-centric look and feel of all proposal documents.
Experience:
You must have previous Bid Management experience in the public and private sector
Articulate, with strong verbal and presentation skills.
A proficient user of Microsoft Office, in particular PowerPoint and Word.
Experience operating at a senior level and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and manage resources/output timelines.
Used to working under pressure and to challenging deadlines with energy and passion, and will have the flexibility to deal with change.
Experience in the field of supply chain logistics and external bid training (for instance, Shipley or APMP would be advantageous).