Bid and Content Manager

March; Burntwood; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering service provider is looking for a Bid Manager to own the bid lifecycle, create persuasive proposals, and promote collaboration across teams. You will ensure compliance with standards while developing engaging materials. Candidates should have 3+ years of experience in B2B environments, ideally in engineering sectors, and be proficient in Microsoft 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud. This position offers a competitive salary and career development within a growing organization.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Career development

Employee wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in B2B environments; 5+ years preferred.
• Experience in engineering-led sectors is an advantage.
• Ability to craft persuasive, evaluative content.

Responsibilities

• Own the bid lifecycle from qualification to submission.
• Write and design persuasive proposal content.
• Foster collaboration to gather insights and maintain standards.

Skills

Bid management

Content creation

Collaboration

Continuous improvement

Advanced Microsoft 365 skills

Strong written communication

Commercial awareness

Adobe Creative Cloud

Education

Degree or equivalent experience in business, marketing or communications

APMP Certification (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Overview

We are March……… the UKs leading provider of critical engineering services. Our expertise as a multi-disciplinary engineering partner across infrastructure, process and digital services has led to long term partnerships with leading organisations in everything from food and drink and utilities to high-security industries such as defence, aerospace and nuclear.

Responsibilities

• Bid Management
  • Own the full bid lifecycle - qualification, capture, planning, authoring, reviews, approvals and submission.
  • Shape win strategy and value propositions - develop customer‑focused win themes and storyboards.
  • Coordinate inputs across sales, operations, engineering and commercial to align on solution, price and risk.
  • Lead structured review cycles (Pink, Red, Gold) aligned with Shipley best practice to ensure compliance and quality
  • Ensure compliance with ITT, scoring criteria and submission requirements.
  • Maintain bid documentation, templates, and best practices.
• Content Creation
  • Write, edit and design persuasive content that translates complex technical solutions into clear, customer benefits.
  • Create brand‑aligned layouts, graphics, infographics and iconography in Word, PowerPoint and Adobe InDesign.
  • Develop visually engaging executive summaries, bid decks and interactive PDFs to elevate message clarity.
  • Maintain tone of voice, style guide and visual standards across all proposal materials.
  • Prepare post‑bid presentations and support clarifications.
• Collaboration & Communication
  • Partner with sales, marketing and subject matter experts to gather insights and evidence.
  • Coach contributors and reviewers; champion plain English and visual storytelling.
  • Foster a constructive, deadline‑driven culture with clear roles, responsibilities and accountability.
• Continuous Improvement
  • Build and manage bid plans, schedules, risks, assumptions and dependencies; enforce deadline discipline.
  • Manage and evolve a reusable knowledge library : case studies, CVs, boilerplate, graphics and templates.
  • Track metrics (win rate, quality scores etc)
  • Monitor market trends and competitor positioning to refine differentiators.

Skills and Experiences

• Minimum 3 years’ experience, ideally 5+ years for full proficiency (with significant exposure to complex, multi-stakeholder bids) in B2B environments.
• Experience in engineering-led sectors such as infrastructure, process industries, or digital services is an advantage.
• Advanced Microsoft 365 skills - Word (styles, sectioning, cross‑referencing), PowerPoint (Slide Master, layouts, animation) and Excel (tables, basic modelling).
• Strong written communication and editing skills; able to craft persuasive, evaluative content with clear structure.
• Commercial awareness - Comfortable articulating value, ROI, risk and price‑quality trade‑offs.
• Experience running formal review cycles (Pink / Red / Gold), compliance matrices and submission portals.
• Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) for bid design and visual storytelling.

Specific Qualifications

• APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) Certification — Foundation (preferred) or Practitioner / Professional (advantage).
• Degree or equivalent experience in business, marketing / communications or a related field.

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefits package appropriate to this position
• An employer who values the ongoing wellbeing of its employees
• Career development within a successful and growing business

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation