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Job: Bid Manager

Area: Dartford

Salary: £60k/70k

Role: Bid manager with social housing experience

My clients a leading nationwide property services contractor are currently seeking an experienced bid manager to come on board for there social hosuing reactive maintenance planned and repairs contracts.

We are looking for a Bid Manager who can contribute to sustained business growth through the management of bid submissions and proposals from initial enquiry to tender submission for projects from £500k to £250m

Duties:

* Responsible for the timely planning, management and completion of quality submissions

* Read, understand and extract the key bid requirements from the documentation received and communicate with all parties via Tracking Sheets; Planning and Review meetings

* Identify and communicate evaluation criteria and its relevance to question specific scores

* Plan, write & co-ordinate submission responses ensuring client and job specific answers

* Development of both internal and external relationships in association with the bid process

* Maintain current information on good practice from Operational and Service teams

* Maintain bid momentum and ensure information from operational and service teams is received on time and is of sufficient quality and relevance

* Maintain a high level of market intelligence, legislative requirements, best practice and Client information, sharing with the team and updating business development systems

* Identify any past experience with the relevant Client or source information on new clients through Business Development Managers, internet use, etc.

* Maintaining accurate records of Tender Expected dates, liaising with Estimating to ensure the adequate resource allocation

* Maintain a high level of market intelligence, legislative requirements and best practice, sharing knowledge throughout the team

* Identify opportunities to enhance and improve the process

* Identify company USP’s and competitive advantage and ensure these are fed into bids

* Liaison with Estimators on Tenders for any price/quality synergy and timing of submission

* Review all bids prior to submission to check relevance, quality and accuracy

* Manage Site Visit or Interview requirements, identifying a ‘Champion’ to lead the process

* Compiling, updating and sharing a library of submission information

* Management of follow-ups with Clients to secure accurate information

* Maintaining accurate records relating to win/loss rates, sourcing feedback and creating action plans for improvement and proactively update corporate systems and databases

Requirements:

* Educated to A Level Standard

* Computer literate in MS Office

* Proven track record of bid management throughout the full bid lifecycle

* High Attention to Detail · Up to date construction/Industry knowledge and understanding

* Social Housing knowledge and experience · Confident and enthusiastic

* Technical writing skills and retrofit knowledge