Bid Manager

We are the innovators at the heart of the payments technology industry, shaping how the world pays and gets paid. The solutions our people build today power the growth of millions of businesses tomorrow. From your local coffee shop to unicorns and international banks. From San Francisco to Auckland. We are in every corner of the world, in every part of commerce. And just as we help our customers accelerate their business, we are committed to helping our people accelerate their careers. Together, we shape the evolution.

The Opportunity

At Worldline, our technology addresses persistent challenges of the payment world. We design and operate leading digital payment and transactional solutions that enable sustainable economic growth and reinforce trust and security in our societies.

We have many hardworking and dedicated peers that would love for you to work with them. We are committed to continuous improvement. We are always looking for new and innovative ways to improve quality, reduce costs, build excellent solutions, and grow customer happiness. We would like to welcome an organized, innovative and process-driven colleague to our team.

As a Bid Manager, you will be responsible for submitting a completed bid to an existing or prospective client, on time and within budget. You will be the key link between the Worldline Sales leads and the business.

This is a very fast-paced environment to work in, so we are looking to hear from individuals who are able to manage their own and the bid team’s time effectively to ensure deadlines are met. You will have the confidence to deal with challenging situations in order to meet the tight bid response timelines.

In addition, you will be able to participate in the Sales Operations activity acting as a fast-paced role within an exciting and rapidly developing business. From delivering detailed reports and dashboards on our sales pipeline and other sales activities.

Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for a range of bids within the group that are often single service lines in accordance with company procedures.
• The responsibility of the final production of the proposal in cooperation with delivery, legal, finance, and sales departments.
• Taking bids through the Worldline governance process.
• Lead, co-ordinate and manage resources required to respond to business opportunities to ensure that proposals and contracts are in line with Worldline strategy and capabilities and also meet the customers’ expectations and requirements.
• The responsibility for the bid project plan and implementation, costs, P&Ls, processes, risk management & mitigation strategy, and all quality aspects concerning the bid preparation process.
• Be comfortable with the monitoring of sales activities, creating and maintaining detailed management reports and dashboards using both Salesforce and Excel with analytics to demonstrate trends and forecasts.

Who Are We Looking For

We look for big thinkers. People who can drive positive change, step up and show what’s next – people with passion, can-do attitude, and a hunger to learn and grow. In practice, this means:

Requirements:

• Experience in Bid Management ideally in a Services Integration, Product, or Payments environment.
• Good spoken and written skills.
• Ability to manage communications and stakeholder engagement across various levels and roles across the business and with their clients.
• Excellent project management and time management skills, using these skills to determine the time required to complete bids and develop realistic work plans.
• Must be comfortable working at Management Level within the company.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, pressured environment.
• Self-motivated with high energy, resilience, creativity, passion, and the hunger to learn, evolve, and develop.
• The ability to understand and analyse market-related data.
• Business and commercial comprehension, P&L, and risk management skills.
• Adaptability to work flexible working patterns to ‘get the job done’.
• Experience of using advanced Excel functions for reporting and deep-dive analysis and using Salesforce as a CRM in a Sales environment.

Valuable:

• Goal-oriented individual, capable of working with a high degree of autonomy and responsibility.
• Experience in creating a bid community and functional teams.
• Experience in setting up business cases.
• Experience in relevant legal aspects (e.g. terms of conditions, penalty systems).
• A desire to learn and evolve.

In addition to joining a global leader in digital transformation, you can also expect an excellent range of benefits.

At Worldline, you’ll get the chance to be at the heart of the global payments technology industry and shape how the world pays and gets paid. On top of that, you will also:

• Be part of a company guided by a strong purpose to do good and recognized as top 1% of the most sustainable companies in all sectors worldwide.
• Work with inspiring colleagues and be empowered to learn, grow, and accelerate your career.
• Work in an international environment with cutting-edge technologies.
• Dynamic and collaborative work environment.
• Shorter working hours from June 16 to August 31.
• Extensive training offerings through our e-learning platforms and catalog training.
• Specific trainings, both technical and management-related.
• English and French language training.
• Worldline Global community of experts with international events.
• BH Wellbeing: Free psychological assistance, coaching sessions, and relaxation sessions.
• Digital platform with discounts from renowned brands.
• Flexible fitness program with Andjoy.
• Free fruit in the office.

What’s more, we really value Innovation, Cooperation, Excellence, and Empowerment. These values are reflected in our daily work. This is the core of our organization. At Worldline, our top priority is to engage, encourage, and develop you to help you improve your potential. In fact, we have comprehensive training and development programs in place demonstrating our dedication to developing your career.

Our success comes from strong skills, new insights, diverse points of view, and the energy of all women and men from Worldline.

We are on an exciting journey towards the next frontiers of payments technology, and we look for big thinkers, people with passion, can-do attitude, and a hunger to learn and grow. Here you’ll work with ambitious colleagues from around the world, take on unique challenges as a team, and make a real impact on society. With an empowering culture, strong technology, and extensive training opportunities, we help you accelerate your career - wherever you decide to go. Join our global team of 18,000 innovators and shape a tomorrow that is yours to own.

We make leading our talents a major asset in the success of our business.