Principal Proposals Manager

ameygroupi; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 75,000

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Principal Proposals Manager to join our Working Winning team, supporting our Complex Facilities Business Unit. This is a remote role that will require regular travel, predominantly around the Midlands/ London area.

The Principal Proposals Manager will provide leadership for key proposals disciplines including bid writing, graphic design and document production, developing and managing bid content activities.

You will also act as the focal point for work winning in developing and managing bid content and lead associated activities to share best practice, embed lessons learnt and foster an environment of continual improvement.

The Principal Proposals Manager will own the implementation of the divisional content library and associated knowledge management/sharing processes to ensure high-quality content is available to bid teams and efficiency in the work winning process is maximised as well as supporting strategic bids in the capacity of Quality Lead or Lead Reviewer.

You will develop bid writing and reviewing competencies in work winning teams and operational staff and coach/mentor those leading development of quality submissions, ensuring bid content is aligned to individual client requirements.

The standard hours of work are based on 37.5 hours per week based on Monday – Friday.

You will be responsible for:

1. Lead, manage and motivate the Content/Proposals Team to foster an environment of best practice and continuous improvement.
2. Lead, coach and develop the Content/Proposals Team to deliver efficient and high-quality services to bid teams in line with the agreed service model, including bid writing, graphic design, bid production and knowledge management.
3. Oversee all activities for the creation and management of bid content to ensure best practice processes are followed.
4. Develop bid writing and reviewing competencies in work winning and operational staff and act as coach/mentor for those leading the development of quality submissions.
5. Generate standardised bid tools such as style guides and storyboard templates to facilitate better bidding.
6. Develop and deliver training for work winning and other business unit employees working on bids.
7. Facilitate win plan sessions to help bid teams identify client hot buttons and develop value propositions and win themes.
8. Support bid teams in the implementation of best practice processes in answer planning, content development and review management, facilitating answer planning (storyboard) sessions for quality responses as required.
9. Act as reviewer for bid submissions, feeding back to the bid teams.
10. Analyse and interpret bid team and client requirements to design products and services to support new opportunities.
11. Support strategic bids in the capacity of Quality Lead or reviewer as required.
12. Manage liaison with bid teams to ensure proposals resources are agreed and conflicting workload priorities managed.
13. Identify trends in client scores against bid content to develop improvement projects and promote high-scoring content.

We want to hear from you if you have:

1. Educated to degree level would be highly desirable.
2. APMP Foundation certificate and working towards APMP Practitioner Certification.
3. Extensive experience in public or private sector bidding across multiple sectors.
4. Highly experienced in the bidding process, specialising in the production of high quality bids.
5. Excellent written and communication skills.
6. Highly process driven individual.
7. Strong project management skills with the ability to juggle multiple projects.
8. A strong leader, who can lead by example.

What we can offer you:

1. Career Development: Exceptional development and progression plan.
2. Pension: Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to.
3. Choices: Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
4. Save with Amey: Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers.
5. Social Value: You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

Who is Amey?

1. We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.
2. Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.
3. Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.
4. We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. Please contact our recruitment team at [e-mail] to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.