Bid Manager

Job Description

My client is looking for a Bid Project Manager to join on them on a 12 month contract. As a Bid Project Manager, you will be responsible for shaping bid strategies, crafting content and managing the end to end bid process across a varied client base.Role: Bid Project Manager Pay: £650 per day via Umbrella (Inside IR35) Location: NewportContract: 12 months Hours: 37 hours per week Monday - Friday (Hybrid 3 days onsite and 2 days WFH)Security Clearance: SC Clearance Job ProfileReporting directly to the UK Cyber Head of Programmes, assemble and lead a bid team with the relevant service/product/business knowledge required to win and retain work from new and existing clients.Responsible for managing an opportunity from qualification through to contract award, including value proposition / strategy development, solution development, commercial considerations, partner identification, and risk management.Primary contact point for all internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that deliverables are produced in-line with requirements, are to an exceptional standard, and are managed through the relevant gate/quality reviews and client approval process. Highly networked role that requires an ability to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines. It will require strong people management and commercial skills.A key part of the role will also include the implementation and improvement of all necessary bid procedures, governance, and processes, providing guidance to the wider Business as appropriate.

• Manage the bid qualification (bid go / no go) process for all new opportunities and ensure a timely delivery of a compliant and commercially sound response.
• Play an active role in developing the bid/proposal win strategy and value proposition, ensuring that proposals are aligned to prospective client requirements.
• Establish, and manage a Bid team and input from a variety of stakeholders, typically involving contributions from sales/marketing, solution/delivery SMEs, procurement, finance, commercial, legal and external partners.
• Rapidly interpret prospect requirements and communicate these to the Bid team members and key stakeholders to support effective estimation and proposal development.
• Establish, maintain and report against a robust bid schedule/book plan and budget, needed to complete and submit a winning bid/proposal.
• Manage and report progress against the agreed bid schedule and budget.
• Work with the Bid team to define a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), breaking the proposal scope into phases and deliverables to inform the estimation process.
• Organise and oversee the estimation process, arranging reviews for all commercial aspects of the bid, and ensuring all services are included in the final price to the customer.
• Work with the solution/delivery SMEs and Procurement team to establish a Bill of Materials and obtain supplier quotations.
• Work with the Finance team to establish the B-Form (P&L) and proposal pricing.
• Own the production and review of the written proposal and supporting documentation - both in terms of content and presentation, working with the solution/delivery SMEs and external partners to communicate their propositions in a client-centric manner.
• Identify, capture and evaluate all key risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies, working with the Bid team to calculate the risk value/budget.
• Manage the bid through the relevant gate/quality reviews and approval boards, co-ordinating the production of gate/approval board input, recording/communicating meeting decisions and obtaining all necessary sign offs.
• Oversee the issue of the proposal, supporting the clients approval process, and co-ordinating any responses to client questions/queries.
• Facilitate Bid lessons learned sessions, ensuring these are captured, communicated and applied to future propositions.
• Identify and drive the continuous improvement of Bid processes and templates.

Bid / Project Manager Core skills & Competencies:

• Proven track record of delivering complex proposals under short timescales and delivering complex and challenging projects; lead by example
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills in communication, delegation and motivation.
• To have good analytical skills to be able to challenge the core team constantly, achieving best value for the customer.
• Good communication skills to enable discussion and presentation of complex issues and solutions.

• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Stakeholder Management

Skills/Experience Required

• 5+ years in managing proposals or client deliverables for government or/and commercial clients.
• MS packages plus Adobe Acrobat Pro and SharePoint.
• Strong experience in state and local government throughout Europe
• Ability to effectively motivate team members.

Education & TrainingBachelors degree, preferably in English, Writing, Marketing or Psychology; or equivalent work experience.PMP, PRINCE 2 or equivalent project management certificationLine Up Aviation has carved its own place in the recruitment of Aviation and Aerospace personnel all over the world for more than 30 years. We work with some of the industrys best-known companies who demand the highest standard of applicants.Due to the number of applications, we receive, its not always possible to contact unsuccessful applicants. Unless you hear from us within 14 days of your application, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion."Follow @LineUpAviation on Twitter for all of our latest vacancies, news and pictures from our busy UK Head Office. Interact with us using the #LineUpAviation tag at anytime! Thank you for your follow!"