We are recruiting for a Bid Writer to work for an award-winning company who have consistently ranked in the Sunday Times Top Companies to work for in the UK and have a long and successful history whilst also seeing growth in our market share year on year.
Location - Office-based - Meriden (preferred) OR alternatively Birmingham
Permanent / Full Time
You will be joining a corporate sales team who are responsible for shaping and selling strategic solutions for clients with volume or multi-site requirements.
As Graduate Bid Writer you will play a key role in the writing and project management of bids/proposals across each of our sector-specific UK operating companies. It is important that the Graduate Bid Writer is able to form positive working relationship with the wider stakeholder group within the company that will contribute to the bid process including Legal, Sales and Operations.
The Graduate Bid Writer role is a great opportunity for someone with a natural flair for writing who is also looking to develop a career in a corporate sales environment as part of a dynamic and customer-oriented team. Full training on bid best-practice will be provided as part of your induction plan.
Your responsibilities as a Graduate Bid Writer will include:
" Reporting to the Bid Director, the role involves supporting the Corporate Business sales leads in writing content and managing the process to complete bids, proposals and tender submissions, gathering information from subject matter experts across our business when required
" Producing high quality bids/proposals that are clear, concise and highly tailored to the client and opportunity in question
" Acting as the point of contact for an existing or prospective Client during a bid process, managing ongoing communication throughout the process, submitting a completed bid on time, ensuring that all the Client's questions have been answered comprehensively while demonstrating an excellent appreciation of the Client's requirements and how our business will add value to their organisation.
" Carrying out due diligence projects, gathering pertinent information in order to evidence an understanding of Client's operation at an in-depth level as well as the various operations across Pertemps' business that may be involved in delivering potential solutions
" Assisting with the creation of supporting documents and presentations that will evidence our solution to the client
" Writing case studies to support our bids that demonstrate our successful partnerships with existing clients
" Managing and adding to the bid library - a reference library of previous responses that can be useful for future bids
" Conducting appropriate client/industry research to support the creation of quality bid documents
" Contributing to process controls across the bid team to monitor and manage team activity/performance
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
" Excellent time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines and work with minimal supervision, interpreting and following instructions carefully in order to ensure the Client's specification is met
" Strong teamwork attributes with the ability to build relationships within the team and across our business to deliver a strong, winning bid
" Written and verbal communication skills must be of a high standard, with the ability to present your views in an articulate and expressive manner
" Ability to work to tight deadlines where accuracy and attention to detail is critical
" You must be able to remain calm under pressure and, while the hours of work will generally be Monday to Friday, office hours, you should be prepared to work flexible hours when necessary, as the submission deadline approaches
" Proven experience in the creation of quality written material and large/complex documents would be a plus
" Experience using design software such as InDesign is desirable but not essential
" Experience working with different stakeholder groups on a project, coordinating each individual's input
" Excellent PC skills including strong knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, with an intermediate level of Excel including knowledge of formula
You are likely to be mainly office-based however there may be some internal meetings and site visits which could occasionally involve overnight stays.
In return the client will provide full support and training, a fantastic benefits package , including perk box which will give you discount at many major retails, childcare vouchers and share save schemes
Please send your CV to theresa.munslow@pertemps.co.uk or apply to this advert.