A growing commercial property management firm is seeking an experienced Bid Executive to join its team in London. As the newly appointed Bid Executive you will be responsible for managing and delivering bids and a wide variety of approved marketing projects. You will be asked to develop the strategy and put forward business development plan for approval with the support of the Business Development Manager.
Bid Executive Duties Include:
* Manage and update CRM data to support business development strategy and client management. Encourage internal data ownership
* Proactively develop, manage and update library of reusable proposal and presentation content
* Support Business Development Manager on new business proposals and pitches.
* Coordinate, proofread, edit and consolidate proposal input from a variety of stakeholders against agreed deadlines
* Support BD Manager to drive and execute bid process improvements and internal governance
* Support BD Manager to prepare pitch teams for presentations and interviews
* Cultivate an internal network of subject matter specialists and encourage their ownership of data
* Work with the Design team to produce/review proposals and presentations and manage proposal and presentation templates
Bid Executive Skills & Experience Required:
* Minimum 2-3 years’ experience of managing small to medium size bids
* Property Management experience would be desirable or someone from a similar industry
* Good project management skills from start to finish
* Proven ability to learn new tools, systems and software quickly and independently
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills essential
* Remain calm and personable even under pressure and when managing multiple bids to tight deadlines
* Strong IT skills & applications knowledge e.g. MS Word/Excel/PPT Canva, Mailchimp/similar, basic InDesign (advantageous), some Photoshop (advantageous)
* Excellent attention to detail with excellent proofreading skills
Should this position be of interest, please contact Lisa Easthope on (+44) 208 126 5237 / lisa_easthope@bidsolutions.com