Bid Manager South

Role: Bid Manager - Social Housing / Property Services
Location: 1 day required in the Hertfordshire office
Salary: up to £75k + car allowance Benefits

We are working with a leading National contractor to recruit a Bid Manager to join their highly successful work-winning team, driving the SQ and tender process and producing exceptional qualitative submissions.

You must have recent demonstrable experience in winning planned, and project works within social housing/property services sectors, the end clients being Housing Associations, Local Authorities and RSLs.

You will have experience in leading and preparing bids in your own right with a proven track record of scoring highly on quality for term contracts in the value range of £10m - £100m. We are looking for someone with experience in winning strategic bids within the social housing/property services markets including planned maintenance, decarbonisation and EWI.

Bid Manager Key Duties:

• Project manage the SQ and Tender process to meet client deadlines


• Develop and agree strategies and unique selling points to win individual bids through creative thinking and understanding each client's requirements


• Work proactively with the business/supply chain to gather information to produce exceptional written SQ and tender responses


• Research and write responses that reflect each client's requirements


• Manage the launch and mid-bid review meetings


• Demonstrate a commercial understanding and liaise with estimators


• Maintain an excellent relationship with clients and consultants throughout


• Attend bidder conferences and dialogue sessions as required


• Review completed bids before submission


• Manage all post tender clarifications in line with the client's timescales


• Prepare, manage, attend and lead / support site visits in support of each tender opportunity and to meet each client's requirements


• Work with the Business Development Director and Operations/Commercial teams to identify the interview team and brief them on the opportunity and submission


• Prepare the presentation and attend / lead if required

• Significant bid writing & tender management experience


• Leadership and project management experience


• IT proficient in Word and Excel


• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)


• High levels of attention to detail


• Ability to fully engage with all levels of employees

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