Bid Manager - East Midlands - £Excellent

We are looking to appoint a high calibre Bid Manager to one of the UK's leading marketing services companies.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the tender response function from qualification through to pitching stage.
• Bid writing and managing company bid teams to gather responses.
• Continuously appraise the content of the bid library to keep material current, compelling, and catalogued.
• Report on bid activity levels and results for Sales & Marketing and Connect RTM internal meetings.
• Maintain membership of tender subscription services.
• Keep up-to-date with public sector procurement legislation and advise the business as necessary.
• Keep abreast of company proposition and services, along with market and competitor developments.
• Assist in pitches with both material, and where appropriate be on the presentation team.

Skills Required

• Excellent written communication skills.
• Analytical with ability to shape a solution to meet client dilemmas.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain good relationships across the Group and with prospective clients.
• Very proficient in MS Office, especially Word; InDesign skills desirable.
• Excellent time management skills to manage bids simultaneously to deadlines.
• Flexible approach to workload to manage peaks and troughs in the bid pipeline and provide ad hoc support in other areas as required.
• Good understanding of company proposition and competitor awareness to develop winning solutions.

This position has now been filled.