Bid Manager - FM Solutions

Job Description

Role: Bid Manager - FM Solutions

Salary: £60-70k plus 10% Bonus

Job Status: Permanent / Full Time

Location: Surrey / Hybrid

Vacancy Reference: VR/05307

Role Description:

Our Client is a £90m FM Company that operates in the South of the UK across sectors including social housing, commercial, public, etc.

The Role:

1. Work as part of a dynamic Bid Management team providing creative and commercial solutions to bid requirements and first draft submissions.
2. Support and at times lead the bid process ensuring all relevant parties are kept fully informed of their requirements and progress.
3. Lead the planning and advising of the bid activities and resources available for the pipeline of work.
4. Provide support and take ownership of populating generic organisational content into Selection Questionnaires, Requests for Information, and other bid submission formats.
5. Compile cost and data information for FM bids to ensure risks and commercial opportunities can be accurately identified.
6. Conduct site visits as part of the bid process and identify cost and efficiency drivers.
7. Support mobilisation activity in relation to the services at new sites.
8. Identify pre-written content that may be available to start to develop the proposal.
9. Develop and re-write content into a consistent and excellent proposal style by either:
1. Taking information provided by the individual contributors in the business development team to create responses;
2. Meeting with and interviewing individual contributors to capture the raw information and details required to then develop draft responses.

Ideal Requirements:

1. APMP Certification is ideal. There will be an expectation to complete the qualification which will be fully funded by the client.
2. Direct experience of facilities management technical and tender process.
3. Outstanding writing, editing, and verbal communication skills.
4. Working knowledge of Office including MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Project.
5. Skilled in the application of IT systems, including Office 365 with advanced Word skills.
6. Media, English degree or similar subject or equivalent would be advantageous but not essential.