Bid Manager in Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Randstad UK are recruiting for a Bid Manager with experience in the Rail Sector for work with a Global Engineering and Rail company.
This is a freelance contract role expected to last 6-12 Months and is OUTSIDE IR35.
Key Duties:
- Collaborate with account management team to drive new bids and proposals
- Work in line with company policies, processes and procedures, ensuring bid governance is in place
- Manage and update management tools, and report in a concise and impactful way
- Break down the requirements and coordinate all technical, financial and commercial deliverables
- Prepare, implement and ensure adoption of bid plans
- Develop and promote bid and proposal strategy
- Act as the primary contact and leader for bid and proposal related matters throughout the process
- Produce and present bid and proposal review & approval documentation to people at all levels
- Prepare high quality documentation, including learnings and improvements for future bids and proposals
- Produce compelling and competitive bids that minimise risk to the business
- Negotiate with the customer
- Transfer information from the bid and proposal team to the project delivery team
- Manage related budgets accurately and with transparency
- Drive efficiencies and improvements in what we do every day
- This is you
- A proactive and organised multi-tasker
- High standard of IT skills and open and able to developing knowledge of new systems
- Able to communicate effectively with key stakeholders in and around the business
- An approachable team and relationship builder
- Proven to motivate people and work collaboratively in a matrixed environment
- Comfortable to direct, influence and delegate appropriately
- Attention to detail that leads to an excellent standard of work
- Customer focused; yet commercially aware negotiator
Qualifications:
- IEE, MIRSE or APMP qualifications desirable
- You've studied to degree level in a related subject
- Have knowledge of public procurement and frameworks
- A background in bid and/or proposal management in an Engineering related business
- Desirable sector experience in any of the following: mobility, rail, lifecycle solutions, Whole Life Cost management, maintenance, technical support, training, spares & repairs, asset management, cyber security and digitalisation.
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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