Senior Bid Manager

Job Description
Senior Bid Manager
Permanent
Salary - Circa 60-70k Base Plus Benefits
Location - Bournemouth - Hybrid Working
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Bid Manager to take a lead role in the generation of bids across the company ensuring that the bid process is applied appropriately and consistently to all bids.
Responsibilities include:
Bids and proposals are developed in accordance with Shipley best practice.
Responsible for driving a Business Winning approach to preparing, writing and submitting proposals to deliver Business Winning strategy.
Ensuring each bid is adequately resourced and monitoring against the stated bid budget.
Oversee all governance reviews and ensuring adherence to processes and policies.
Will be responsible for all aspects of proposal preparation, ensuring that a high quality, compliant and compelling bid is submitted in accordance with customer requirements.
In support of Business Development capture, review of customer requirements to ensure that they are met in the proposal and collaborate with functional leads to include all necessary information within the proposal.
The Senior Bid Manager will normally be responsible for the entire bid process, from bid decision to submission. When not working on specific bids, responsible for continual improvement activities, including monitoring and progressing bid policies and process requirements.
The Role
Build and manage relationships with internal / external stakeholders to ensure all bids are prepared, managed and reviewed appropriately and in line with policies and processes.
Developing the bid plan and managing resources and activity to achieve agreed milestone dates.
Participating in the formulation of bid strategies and ensuring that they are implemented in the bid.
Translate and apply the appropriate strategy for managing bids to mitigate risks and capitalise on opportunities within the bid.
Schedule and plan Gate Reviews and Proposal Reviews.
Plan, lead and challenge the cost build up and pricing effort.
Work with bid team to identify risk and develop mitigation plans.
Plan and manage bid spend to deliver bids on budget.
Manage the proposal document development process - win themes, hot buttons, storyboarding, graphics and content.
Drive the bid approval process and ensure that the appropriate level of bid Approval is obtained.
Lead bid reviews and meetings in accordance with processes, providing bid management direction and engagement with the bid team.
Ensuring bids are delivered within guidelines, with phase reviews held and the required approvals gained.
Building and maintaining a library of proposal boilerplate materials.
Experience in securing internal approvals for bids.
Experience / skills / qualifications
Experience of working in Project Teams in a commercial environment, ideally Defence or Aerospace.
Proven bid & proposal management track record of delivering high quality, persuasive proposals on time.
Experience of leading multi-disciplinary bid teams.
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a complex bid environment.
Comprehensive experience and knowledge of the bid life cycle.
Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills with written presentation and report writing skills.
Excellent technical writing skills and the experience of generating compelling proposal content.
Expert user of MS Office applications.
Excellent organisational and time management skills.
Good working ethics and ability to treat documents with confidentiality.
About The Business
Whether it is adversarial support, electronic attack or customised rotary-wing training, our client offers the most accurate and advanced readiness training in the industry. Their vast, differentiated fleet, cutting edge hardware and experienced instructors are engaged to help your mission take off. Being ready is not only a matter of when. But where. They provide services in the UK, US and across the NATO countries. Making sure that our allies can manoeuvre around defeat and prepare to prevail.
Our client is committed to eliminating unlawful and unfair discrimination and they celebrate the differences that a diverse workforce brings. A range of perspective and talent supports these values and drives their success, with a mix of voices generating better discussions, business decisions and outcomes for all.
Diversity means bringing your own perspective to the conversation; inclusion means having a voice - and equality means that your voice is heard. Our Client strives to create a culture where each person who joins our team feels they have the opportunity to succeed, to grow, and to work within an environment where they can be themselves.
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