Job Description
Bid Manager
Coventry
Permenant
Competitive
The Client
Our well-established client is a leading global integrator of communications and security solutions for infrastructure clients including Rail, Nuclear, O&G and Power Generation.
The Role
* To produce a tender quotation to potential customers that is both commercially and technically complaint and present this document in a well formatted and professional manner.
* To understand the bid strategy and to create bid documentation that reflects this strategy. To monitor and control the direction of the Senior/Bid Engineers in reaching the bid strategy within timescales using the lowest cost but most technically compliant supplier solutions
Accountable For
* Commercial compliancy and responsibility for bid construction.
* Ongoing technical review of supplier’s responses.
* Technical compliance of supplier’s bids and our Client’s Proposal.
* Verification of overall technical design philosophy produced by bid engineers
* Client and supplier engagement/negotiation
* Bid resource planning
* Standardisation of part numbering used within quotation
* Production of commercial handover pack given to Projects
* Lead a bid team to prepare winning bids, whilst taking ownership of the end to end bid process
* Being responsible for managing an opportunity from qualification through to contract award, including strategy and solution development, commercial considerations, and risk management
* Preparing and reviewing the commercial aspects of the bid, ensuring all details are included in the final submission
* Risk tracking and management through the bid process
* Arrange post bid reviews to apply learning and continuous improvement philosophy.
Key Skills Required
* Experience within a relevant industry.
* Minimum of 5 year’s experience of Bid management
* Experience of delivering multiple projects
* Ability to look continuously for opportunities for improvement and to develop strategies for change to influence and shape the future direction of the business
* Excellent financial awareness and experience of managing budgets.
* Ability to meet targets and consistently deliver projects on time, managing priorities, deadlines, and time critical situations for multiple projects and clients.
* Decision maker – weigh the options and take a decision even with limited information.
Experience and Qualifications Required
* Degree in relevant discipline.
About ATS Recruitment
ATS Recruitment are a specialist agency supplying skilled candidates into the engineering and construction industries on both a permanent and contract basis.
We are extremely experienced and knowledgeable about the sectors we recruit into and have several large national (UK) and international clients who repeatedly use our services.
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