Deputy Bid Manager
We are looking for an experienced Deputy Bid Manager to join our team on a 6-month fixed term basis with the possibility to extend/make permanent. You will be involved in leading bid strategy and managing the end-to-end bid process, including governance, review and sign off with senior management, preparation of client presentations, legal analysis and pricing preparation.
We recognise our employees are our greatest asset, and we understand that we could not accomplish what we do every day without our valued team.
We offer an annual salary of between £42,000 and £46,000 dependent on experience, 1% benefit allowance, pension, 36 days annual leave including bank holidays - rising to 38 days after 3 years of service, life assurance, salary sacrifice schemes and more.
Location: Bristol or South West is preferable, however candidates in other locations can be considered as this role is predominantly working from home.
This is a full-time, Monday to Friday, hybrid working role – predominantly home working with some travel required across the UK when required.
What will I be doing?
- Lead Bid Strategy and Bid Production.
- Assessment of bid documents, drawing out key elements of the tender to inform technical and commercial strategy.
- Preparation and presentation of PowerPoint Presentations for internal governance processes and external client presentations.
- Production of Bid Plan, with stakeholder allocation for tasks and clear time management of governance and sign off processes to ensure compliant submission
- Production of Invitation to Tender (ITT) responses, GANTT plans and reports as required by the purchasing organisation.
- Close working with the Bid Co-ordinator to manage delegated work to internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage review of contractual risk through contract review with allocated legal resource including presentation of overall commercial and contractual risk position
- Manage production of pricing in co-ordination with the Commercial Director and Strategic and Financial Analyst.
- Engagement with external companies and suppliers as required by the solution
- Maintain the Company’s relationships, where appropriate, with existing and potential suppliers. This includes the production and manipulation of reports (Excel) to provide the necessary reporting.
- Arrange meetings with the relevant staff to support the bid governance process;
- Maintain various internal records and produce reports as required from time to time by the Commercial Director.
- Organise, co-ordinate and attend meetings as required within each bid’s process.
- Carry out general clerical / administrative duties as required by the Tender Team.
This is a full-time, Monday to Friday, hybrid working role – predominantly home working with some travel required across the UK when required.
What are the requirements?
- 3+ years’ experience in a bid department, ideally managing end-to-end bid process.
- A proven track record of different tendering routes including use of OJEU processes, UK Utilities Contract Regulations and government frameworks would be an advantage.
- Qualified to degree level.
Skills required to do this role:
- The ability to prioritise effectively and work to strict deadlines.
- Ability to understand contractual language and broadly assess contractual terms
- Excellent organisation and administrative skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- A strong grasp of the English language with the ability to draft content for bid submissions.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Advanced IT skills and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Packages (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and database management.
- An understanding of project scheduling and planning.
- Understanding and working knowledge of cultivating strong relationships with existing and potential customers.
- Confident and professional telephone manner.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Good team working skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Strong time management, planning and organisation skills.
- The ability to multitask working on several projects at any one time.
Who we are
SUEZ is a major player in environmental services. For almost 160 years, SUEZ has supported local communities and industrial companies in the management of essential services such as water, waste, and air quality. As such, SUEZ produces drinking water for 66 million people worldwide, recovers 2 million tons of secondary raw materials per year, and generates 3.1 TWh of renewable energy from waste.
SUEZ Digital Solutions, a SUEZ subsidiary, is committed to improve the environmental and economic performance of water & waste industries by leveraging the expertise of SUEZ Group through data analytics and AI. The 700+ experts of SUEZ Digital Solutions design, develop, deploy smart water and smart waste solutions worldwide.
