Bid Manager
An award-winning company based in Co. Antrim is seeking to recruit a Bid Manager to join their bid team. This is a permanent role and office based.
The Bid Manager will be responsible for developing compelling bids that showcase their expertise and capabilities. The successful candidate will have excellent writing skills, a strong understanding of the industry, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
The Bid Manager will be responsible for:
- Lead the development and submission of high-quality tenders, from qualification to contract handover.
- Ensure structure of the document reflects all requirements in a way that facilitates easy scoring.
- Well written proposals from researched and orchestrated responses which convey operational, technical and commercial solutions in a clear and concise manner.
- Design, collation, production and review of the final submission document including the ownership and writing of sections.
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including suppliers, clients, and internal team members, to secure support and critical input for bids.
- Updating and integration of knowledge management within Document Management and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems Monitoring and reporting monthly
- Act as the primary point of contact for tenders with clients, addressing any questions and providing clear, detailed responses.
- Managing competing deadlines whilst maintaining the highest levels of quality in written work
What you will need to have for the Bid Manager role:
- Proven experience in bid management preferably within the engineering, or construction industry
- Technically minded and able to communicate with technical teams, stakeholders, and external customers.
- Solid problem-solving and analytical skills, with a focus on detail and accuracy.
- Ability to negotiate and influence as well as challenge at all stages of the bid / tender process.
- Excellent communication and project management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Proven experience in Bid Management
- Strong attention to detail
- Ideally educated to degree level
- Writing tenders for large scale infrastructure projects would be an advantage.
If you are interested in this job and want to have a chat about it, please contact Mary on 02838299200 or email mary@happyrecruits.com