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Resourcing Partner- If you wish to find out more about our vacancies - please get in touch! anna.dabrowska@cityandguilds.com
We have a new opportunity (6 month contract) to join the successful Bids team in City & Guilds as a Bid Manager. You will be joining the team at an exciting time as we focus on winning new business across City & Guilds. You will manage the bid development process for UK and International tenders through the full bidding lifecycle from identification of new opportunities, PQQ, ITT, through to contract award.
We are looking for someone with proven capability of delivering winning bids to tight timeframes, with the ability to work under pressure and demonstrate excellent team working skills.
This opportunity is a 6 month FTC contract or secondment.
About the role
Day-to-day you will be managing and leading bid project teams to deliver high quality proposal responses, on time. You’ll work alongside multiple teams across City & Guilds to gain their insight and input into bid responses, ensuring what we propose in the bid can be operationally delivered when we win.
You will work on a wide range of bids, from smaller, short contracts to multi-million £ opportunities and will gain a detailed understanding of the City & Guilds business and our products and services offering. The key objectives of the role are to help maximise our chances of winning business and support achieving our sales target.
The role will include writing bid responses from scratch and using existing content library responses to create compelling proposals which meets the customers’ requirements. As Bid Manager, you are involved in every aspect of the submission and will have an excellent appreciation of what the customer needs and how best to articulate how City & Guilds meets these.
About you
The key to this role is being a good project manager of bid opportunities in a multi-stakeholder environment where there are a lot of moving parts and tight timeframes. We are looking for someone who is proactive and has an aptitude to learn and succeed; both will be paramount to your position within our highly motivated team. You should have a passion for detail, excellent project management skills, alongside great interpersonal skills to build relationships with stakeholders and get the best from them during the bid process.
You will have experience in working on bids and tenders, writing proposal responses from scratch and reviewing customer requirements against responses. You'll need to be able to demonstrate sound experience of working in a fast-paced environment and consistently meeting deadlines with strong time management and prioritisation skills.
You will have a keen eye for detail, be able to analyse customer bid documentation and interpret it against what City & Guilds can deliver, understanding what is important to the customer and should be met through our response.
What we offer
We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.
You’ll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare, volunteering opportunities and much more.
We welcome a discussion about how this role could work flexibly for you. For example work pattern, hours or location.
We shortlist for our vacancies on an ongoing basis, and we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. Please can you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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