Are you looking to take your career to the next level?
Do you want to have animpactandjoin a business where you canmake the difference?
Join our Bid Centre team
Softcat's Bid Centre is a central function that supports a wide range of formal bids across the business. The team supports a high volume of bids each year, working collaboratively to produce well-structured, compliant responses that help Softcat win and grow. Strong relationships, clear processes, and a supportive culture help us deliver at pace without compromising on quality.
We work closely with sales teams and subject matter experts across the business, and the team includes Senior Bid Managers, Bid Managers, Bid Coordinators, Bid Executives and Apprentices —all with different levels of experience and specialist knowledge.
We're proud of what we've built - but we're also evolving. We're improving the tools we use, refining our ways of working, and building a stronger platform for scalable, consistent delivery across the business.
Success. The Softcat way.
Softcat is one of the UK's most successful technology solutions businesses, and a company that feels like a family–with buzzing office locations,lots going on socially and a real sense of working together and achieving together.
Driving bid excellence through leadership and innovation
As Bid Centre Senior Team Leader, you'll be responsible for the overall management and performance of our central Bid Centre. You'll take ownership of how we deliver, driving consistency, process adherence, and high-quality outputs across all bids managed through the team. You'll lead a large, mixed-seniority team by providing day-to-day support and long-term development, while creating an environment where people feel clear, capable, and supported in their roles.
Although the focus is on operational excellence, you'll also play an important role in helping us evolve: embedding improvements, standardising how we work, and supporting a more joined-up, efficient bid function across the business.
In this role you'll be responsible for:
* Leadingthe Bid Centre with clear standards and consistent, high-quality delivery.
* Takingownership of bid management to improve outcomes and customer experience.
* Providingdirection and support to the team while overseeing structure and resources.
* Embeddingcontinuous improvement through reviews, refined processes, and scalable tools.
* Workingcross-functionally to align priorities, enhance collaboration, and drive performance.
We'd love you to have
* Proven experience leading a centralised bid function in a fast-paced setting.
* Confidence managing a large, multi-layered team across varied roles.
* Strong grasp of formal bid processes, compliance requirements, and internal governance.
* Sharp eye for spotting inefficiencies and driving process improvements.
* Excellent communicator with the ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships.
We also acknowledgethattheconfidencegap and imposter syndrome are a real thing andcanget in thewayof us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!
Work in a way that works for you
We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
* Hybrid working – A mixture of days in the office and daysworking from home
* Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
* Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs
Working with us
Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives,and embraces every background.
To become part of the success story, please apply now.
If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Anyinformation you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/
Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authenticallyyouas possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.
Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, SL7 1LW
Softcat PLC, 7th Floor Billiards Building, 134 Edmund Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B3 2ES
St Botolph Building, 9th floor, 138 Houndsditch, London, United Kingdom, EC3A 7DH
3500 The Solent Centre, Whiteley, Hampshire, United Kingdom, PO15 7AL
Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Marlow, South Coast
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We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefits include:
Pension
Share incentive plan
Life Assurance
Holiday
Two days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at Christmas
Trips
Opportunity to qualify for Director hosted (often michelin star) lunches as well as half and full year icentive trips to places all over the world
Vouchers
Technology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount card
Partner/family Benefits
Option to add your partner/family to some of the benefits
Access to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefits
Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support
Two days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at Christmas
Trips
Opportunity to qualify for Director hosted (often michelin star) lunches as well as half and full year icentive trips to places all over the world
Vouchers
Technology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount card
Partner/family Benefits
Option to add your partner/family to some of the benefits
Access to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefits
Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support
Two days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at Christmas
Trips
Opportunity to qualify for Director hosted (often michelin star) lunches as well as half and full year icentive trips to places all over the world
Vouchers
Technology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount card
Partner/family Benefits
Option to add your partner/family to some of the benefits
Access to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefits
Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support
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