Senior Bid Executive / Junior Bid Manager

Location: London or Winchester office

Your company and team

Your award winning international financial services consultancy is well known in their industry. A company that values their biggest asset… its people. Who advise one quarter of the FTSE250 and half of the FTSE100 firms.

You will join the bids team of 6 which is part of a strong 30-person business development team that leads and implements all marketing, sales and client development programmes.

Your role will help win business, retain and grow it by managing high profile and complex tenders. The successful candidate will work closely alongside the other members of the bid team, our business development colleagues, and partners.

Main responsibilities

• Day-to-day project management and ownership of bid plans working within the company's bid process to agreed defined timelines.

• Manage each bid by ensuring the qualification process is robust, developing win strategies and themes, supporting content development through outlining, storyboarding and writing phases, scheduling appropriate technical and commercial reviews to the creative delivery of the tender documents and pitch materials.

• Coach the pitch teams to deliver a succinct, compelling and engaging propositions to prospects and existing clients.

• Support the Senior Manager, Bids in driving the improvement programme in work winning activities and promote best bidding practice across the company and beyond.

Qualifications and experience

• Graduate with 3+ years tender management experience, preferably within B2B professional or financial services, who is currently in a role where they independently manage large or complex bids.

• Ideally has achieved APMP Foundation Level Accreditation as a minimum.

• An understanding of professional services - in particular financial, actuarial, consulting, investment and insurance markets - would be valuable

• Partnership experience desirable

Your technical skills

Required:

• Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Office suite

Desirable:

• Experience and ability to use CRM databases and content management system

Your benefits

As well as joining a fun, collaborative, people orientated organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, There is an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work.