Bid Manager
other jobs Kingdom People
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- England,North West,Greater Manchester,Stockport
- Full Time, Permanent
- £70,000 - £80,000 per annum
Job Description:
The Role
The Bid Manager – Pre-Contract & Tendering will lead and manage the full bid lifecycle, from initial opportunity review through to final submission and post-tender clarification.
You will play a pivotal role in driving our work-winning strategy, ensuring submissions are competitive, commercially sound and aligned with my clients standards, capabilities, and long-term growth objectives.
This is a senior position requiring strong leadership, organisation, and communication skills, with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple tenders simultaneously.
Key Responsibilities
*Lead the end-to-end bid process, ensuring all submissions are compliant, high quality and delivered to deadline.
*Develop and manage tender programmes, coordinating inputs from estimating, commercial, technical, planning and operational teams.
*Prepare compelling and technically robust tender submissions, including methodology, programme narrative, resource strategy, risk assessments and value engineering proposals.
*Work closely with senior leadership to shape bid strategy, positioning and win themes.
*Ensure commercial awareness throughout the tender process to maintain competitiveness while protecting margin.
*Manage clarification queries and support post-tender negotiations where required.
*Conduct lessons-learned reviews to continually improve bid quality, efficiency and win rates.
*Maintain and develop strong working relationships with supply chain partners to enhance submission quality.
About You
*Proven experience in bid management or pre-construction roles within construction, civil engineering, or infrastructure.
*Strong understanding of construction methodologies and commercial drivers.
*Excellent written communication skills with the ability to produce persuasive, structured, and professional tender responses.
*Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
*Confident communicator capable of engaging with senior stakeholders and operational teams.
*Strategic mindset with a proactive, solutions-focused approach.
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join a growing, ambitious business with a clear strategy for expansion
*Competitive salary and benefits
*Career progression within a dynamic and expanding group
*A collaborative and supportive working culture
*The opportunity to directly influence the future growth of the business
The Bid Manager – Pre-Contract & Tendering will lead and manage the full bid lifecycle, from initial opportunity review through to final submission and post-tender clarification.
You will play a pivotal role in driving our work-winning strategy, ensuring submissions are competitive, commercially sound and aligned with my clients standards, capabilities, and long-term growth objectives.
This is a senior position requiring strong leadership, organisation, and communication skills, with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple tenders simultaneously.
Key Responsibilities
*Lead the end-to-end bid process, ensuring all submissions are compliant, high quality and delivered to deadline.
*Develop and manage tender programmes, coordinating inputs from estimating, commercial, technical, planning and operational teams.
*Prepare compelling and technically robust tender submissions, including methodology, programme narrative, resource strategy, risk assessments and value engineering proposals.
*Work closely with senior leadership to shape bid strategy, positioning and win themes.
*Ensure commercial awareness throughout the tender process to maintain competitiveness while protecting margin.
*Manage clarification queries and support post-tender negotiations where required.
*Conduct lessons-learned reviews to continually improve bid quality, efficiency and win rates.
*Maintain and develop strong working relationships with supply chain partners to enhance submission quality.
About You
*Proven experience in bid management or pre-construction roles within construction, civil engineering, or infrastructure.
*Strong understanding of construction methodologies and commercial drivers.
*Excellent written communication skills with the ability to produce persuasive, structured, and professional tender responses.
*Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
*Confident communicator capable of engaging with senior stakeholders and operational teams.
*Strategic mindset with a proactive, solutions-focused approach.
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join a growing, ambitious business with a clear strategy for expansion
*Competitive salary and benefits
*Career progression within a dynamic and expanding group
*A collaborative and supportive working culture
*The opportunity to directly influence the future growth of the business
Job number 3469380
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Company Details:
Kingdom People
Company size: 250–499 employees
Industry: Recruitment Consultancy
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