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Details
* Location CB10 1NY
* Position Bid Manager (Defence & Security)
* Placement Permanent
About the position
We are looking to hire an experienced Bid Manager to support our sales teams, focussing on Defence & Security. This is a customer-facing role requiring close collaboration with sales, engineering and client teams to both manage and coordinate the full bid lifecycle process.
Role
* Full time role, reporting to Head of Defence Sales
* Office based in Great Chesterford, Essex.
* Hybrid working environment with minimum of 3 days in the office.
Responsibilities
* Manage and coordinate the full lifecycle of bids, from opportunity qualification through to proposal submission, including support to contract negotiation and acceptance.
* Own the bid management process and drive its ongoing development within the business.
* Lead regular bid review meetings, to assign tasks, set timescales, and define deliverables.
* Collaborate with internal stakeholders across the CTO Office, Engineering teams, legal counsel, and others to gather input
* Prepare and deliver compelling bid content and documentation aligned with customer requirements, including contribution to proposal content, such as project plans.
* Management of government frameworks, including regular framework reviews to identify latest opportunities
* Ownership and management of the CRM tool (Hubspot) to include monthly reporting against sales targets.
* Liaise with legal team on bid information to enable legal review of terms and conditions (TsCs).
* Support subcontractor management for collaboration bids.
* Accept orders and ensure successful handover to the project managers, from proposal acceptance to project execution.
* Liaise with Engineering and Project Management teams to identify weekly resource requirements.
The Person
* Experience in government procurement as well as business to business bidding.
* Several years’ bidding in a technical services environment predominantly in Defence.
* A degree in electronics, physics or a similar discipline
* Experience of preparing commercial and technical bid or proposal documents
* Experience of client contact
* A high energy level, and a self-starter
* Be comfortable with challenge and uncertainty
No agencies please. Recruiting partners will be contacted directly by the HR team when support is needed.
Details
* Location CB10 1NY
* Position Bid Manager (Defence & Security)
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