Executive - Bid Management - Business Solutions Transition/ITeS/BPO

Role: Bid Management

Qualification: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Software Development or related field (Master's degree, a plus)

Role Description: The primary responsibility is to identify opportunities for bid submissions and ensure that the responses are clean, competitive, compliant, and compelling.

An ideal candidate is tech-savvy, with proven experience in bid management, and good knowledge of tendering requirements and legalities within the UK public sector contracts sector.

- Conduct detailed research to assess and identify right opportunities for bid submission

- Advise and support the bidding process by conducting the required market analysis, competitor analysis

- Collaborate with all the key contributors within the organization to obtain the information required to compile the bid

- Coordinate with the required resources within company to produce professional, and compelling proposals

- Assist the Sales and BST teams with documentation support and verification throughout the bid preparation process

- Respond to internal stakeholder queries before, during and after the bid has been submitted

- Identify and initiate ways to develop and improve the company's tendering processes

Experience:

- At least 3-4 years of industry experience as a bid writer, especially in relation to software development and tech resourcing

- A track record of success in previous bid management/coordination roles; preferably in the UK Public Sector for technology related tenders

- Demonstrated strong experience in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

- Experience in using online bidding platforms and portals

Required Skills:

- Proven experience in end-to-end opportunity management

- Good understanding and experience with different stages of software development, including requirements specification, development, quality assurance, and deployment

- Knowledge of best practices on how to manage complex bids with a proven ability in planning, multi-tasking, producing and delivering complex documents within a short span of time

- Advanced writing and verbal communication skills, capable of handling complex conversations with the top management of the organization

- Ability to meet tight deadlines while working on multiple bids

- Ability to work independently with minimal oversight and willingness to follow a "handson/can do" approach

- Ability to thrive under pressure in a dynamic work environment

Good to Have:

- Previous work experience in the software industry, ideally with software development businesses

- MS Office, particularly advanced levels of Word, Excel and PowerPoint