Bid Executive

Sopra Steria - UK; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Bid Executive to join their dynamic Consulting Team. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to work on human-centered consultancy projects, collaborating with diverse teams and stakeholders. You will be responsible for delivering compelling bids, managing budgets, and enhancing proposal content to increase win rates. The company values flexibility, promoting a healthy work/life balance while striving for excellence in bid management. If you are passionate about writing exceptional bids and want to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in Bid Management with a successful track record.
• Exceptional writing skills for developing proposals.

Responsibilities

• Deliver bids confidently to multiple clients and external audiences.
• Develop bid plans and budgets, managing them to conclusion.

Skills

Bid Management

MS Office

Sales Orientation

Proposal Writing

Team Collaboration

Problem Solving

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Are you experienced with Bids and looking for a role where you can really make an impact?

We're looking for a Bid Executive to join our Consulting Team at Sopra Steria Next!

You will work with teams from Sopra Steria Next, suppliers and sub-contractors on multiple projects and bids, across a range of clients and customers in both the public and private sector.

The majority of the bids you will be working on will be human-centred consultancy projects from Discovery to Live.

This will be a hybrid role, with some travel to our offices when required.

What you will be doing:

• Deliver bids, confidently, to multiple clients and external audiences, working to deadlines.
• Develop bid plans in liaison with the sales lead and solution owner and manage them through to conclusion.
• Develop bid budgets and be responsible for leading to the budget.
• Write and edit/review customer proposal documents.
• Elevate our proposal content and increase our win rate.
• Contribute to our win strategy.
• Work with technology, business process, commercial and legal experts and provide sales process advice & guidance when required.

What you’ll bring:

• Demonstrable Bid Management experience, working across all stages of the entire bid process with a successful record of accomplishment, winning bids in a competitive market.
• Passionate about writing exceptional bids.
• Highly competent in use of MS Office tools.
• Demonstrate a sales orientation with an understanding of bid management best practice.
• Comfortable working independently and as a part of a team.
• Able to work to tight deadlines.
• Have a focus on solving customer problems and creating outcomes.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.