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This role is offered on a hybrid basis, which involves a combination of working from our offices and also remotely.

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our high performing Bids Team here at RS, as a Bid Manager. This role has great growth and development opportunity and will be perfect for a collaborative and innovative person with a proven track record of collaboration and of course strong bid/proposal writing.

What Else You Will Be Doing In The Role

This individual will truly sit at the heart of our company and be a massive part of our success moving forward. Beyond drafting and overseeing bids, you will be working in collaboration with our Sales Team as a ‘go-to bids expert’ attending their meetings and making sizeable contributions to the decision-making process on our company’s direction in our business covering various industries, both regulated and not.

This is a really varied role, but we hope below will give you a good feel for what you would be doing as our Bid Manager:

• Manage the end-to-end bid process, including coordinating internal stakeholders, writing compelling proposals, and ensuring compliance with procurement regulations, across a wide-range of industries and sectors.
• Develop and maintain bid/no-bid criteria specific to industry opportunities.
• Create high-quality, compliant tender responses that align with evaluation criteria and procurement frameworks.
• Lead sales and bid teams through complex tender processes, including Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs) and Invitations to Tender (ITTs)
• Conduct post-bid analysis and manage the feedback process to improve future submissions.
• Utilise Salesforce to manage the end-to-end tender process and communications and Microsoft Teams for working documents.
• Lead or support hand over to Contract Implementation from the Bid Team once bid is won, ensuring that a full and robust understanding of all aspects of the deal is embedded within the Contract Implementation Team, maximising probability of successful execution.
  
  

• A good foundation of experience and success in the management of bids and wins across a wide-range of industries/sectors including some regulated industries (Rail, Health, Construction, etc.).
• Good knowledge of procurement regulations and frameworks.
• Strong understanding of evaluation criteria and scoring methodologies.
• Excellent project management abilities with experience in managing multiple bids at a time.
• Reliable attention to detail and ability to interpret complex tender docs.
• Tech skills wise - advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) as well as experience with e-procurement platforms and portals.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Experience in managing large, complex bids (>£1M)
  
  

• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation.
• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause.
• Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery, and gender confirmation surgery
• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette’s syndrome.
• Additions to Fertility coverage including IVF for lesbian couples and information/support around surrogacy and adoption for all.
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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