An exciting opportunity has risen for a Bid Manager to join a busy but friendly central Bid Management Team for a fixed-term period.  You’ll have the opportunity to work on an interesting and diverse range of Defence and Non-Defence related bids for a global Defence organisation.

This is your chance to be responsible for controlling the end-to-end bid process from initial qualification through to bid submission and contract award.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES 

• Produce persuasive bids demonstrating the ability of the Company to deliver quality solutions;
• Collation of estimates and cost inputs from SMEs; prepare and present cost data into the appropriate corporate format in readiness for governance.
• Responsible for the timely planning, management, and completion of all bid submissions including Expression of Interest, Pre-Qualifying Questionnaire’s and formal tender responses.
• Support opportunity planning activities across company where appropriate;
• Adhere to the bid process as governed by the internal Business Management System (BMS);
• Conduct appropriate governance in accordance with the BMS guidelines;
• Facilitate bid reviews to ensure quality and compliance, conducting post bid Learning from Experience (LfE) reviews;
• Manage the collation of content from SMEs;
• Manage the bid teams’ responses and content within the bid lifecycle process;
• Work with SMEs to extract compelling value-add statements and Win Themes
• Contribute to continuous improvement within the Bid team to the benefit of the wider business;
• Undertake other tasks to support the team as and when required;
• Comply with Company policies and procedures;

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