Bid Executive (Early Careers Opportunity)

Yorktel-Kinly; Sunbury-on-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A global collaboration leader based in the UK is seeking a Bid Executive to support the bid management team. This role involves creating bid submissions, coordinating deadlines, and ensuring bid process efficiencies. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines. This position offers a dynamic working environment with opportunities for professional development and hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Excellent work ethic and self-motivated with a proactive approach to tasks.
• Ability to handle complex client requirements and tailor responses accordingly.
• Strong attention to detail with excellent documentation and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Bid Manager in managing the end-to-end bid process.
• Create bid submission content to ensure clarity and alignment.
• Coordinate meetings, deadlines, and capture bid feedback.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong organisational and time management skills

Ability to work independently and use initiative

Creative

Excellent attention to detail

Ability to manage multiple deadlines

Self-motivated with a proactive approach

Team player with strong interpersonal skills

Education

APMP Foundation certification is a plus

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Role: Bid Executive

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Sunbury-upon-Thames or London, UK (hybrid working is available, with minimum 3 days on-site and 2 days working from home). 2 days must be based in the Sunbury office.

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 (dependent on experience), plus company benefits and superb progression/training opportunities

Interview Process: 2 stage (Virtual and Face-to-face)

Yorktel-Kinly is a unified global leader in collaboration, systems integration, and managed services. We focus on transforming workspaces, simplifying complexity, and empowering people. Our in‑house expertise includes AI‑powered room monitoring, 24/7 support, and a unique enterprise service layer, enabling us to operate with even greater agility, efficiency, and precision.

With comprehensive capabilities, decades of experience, and expanded delivery teams, we empower global businesses to thrive in the hybrid world, and we are committed to driving a new era of inspiration and opportunity for our people, clients, and partners; one seamless experience at a time.

With 27 offices in 11 countries, 1,600 colleagues, 900 specialist accreditations, 40‑years' professional experience and 2,500 customers, we are delivering scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions around the world.

As our business and client base continues to develop further, we now have a new opportunity for someone looking to support the wider sales organisation, Yorktel‑Kinly’s bid team, who are responsible for the management, preparation and submission of all RFP (Request for Proposal) submissions for our UK entities.

With a focus on growth in our company, working as part of our established Bid team, this opportunity provides a clear pathway for professional development, with the chance to take on increasing responsibility and grow into more senior roles.

You’ll be working with high‑profile clients on a global scale, gaining invaluable experience and exposure that will accelerate your career.

With appreciation of the nature of the bid function, the successful candidate shall be underpinned by a can‑do, growth‑orientated attitude, and the ability to work flexibly around the demands of the business.

Working alongside the wider Bid team the Bid Executive will be paramount to ensuring the timely delivery of bids, against our continuous focus on exceeding our clients expectations, maintaining our competitiveness and setting the standards against which our industry is measured.

Key responsibilities:

• Supporting the Bid Manager in the management of the E2E bid process
• Creating bid submission content, including visual proposals, PowerPoint presentations and written content when required, ensuring clarity, consistency, and alignment with client requirements.
• Enforcing and developing the bid process efficiencies
• Producing a bid plan for each tender and ensuring it is adhered to throughout the bid process
• Scheduling crucial meetings and deadlines, e.g. Deal Qualifications, Bid kick offs, Clarification deadlines, Checkpoint calls, Storyboarding sessions, Submission deadlines and Commercial reviews
• Coordinating post submission follow ups and capturing bid feedback/outcomes to drive future improvements
• Maintaining bid tracker data and ensuring comments, statuses and values are always up‑to‑date and that changes are communicated effectively to stakeholders weekly
• Ongoing management and enhancement of bid library content alongside contributing Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

Future Skills Profile:

• Ability to succeed with different personality types
• Analytical thinking and ability to understand complex client requirements
• The ability to tailor responses to client needs
• Ability to create high‑quality documentation and presentations
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines

Future Qualifications:

• APMP Foundation (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) certification is a plus

Skills and experience:

• Excellent work ethic
• Self‑motivated with a proactive approach to tasks and improvement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A desire to understand our business offerings
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Ability to work independently and use initiative
• Creative
• Excellent attention to detail
• A team player with strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work under pressure

Other:

• High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Desirable Skills:

• Adobe InDesign
• Demonstratable work experience in similar markets/sectors

If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.

If you do require details of the vacancy or the application process in an alternative format, please either email [e-mail] outlining your requirements; or you can view the vacancy via the Kinly page on Vercida which allows you to customise the content so that you can review in a way that works best for you.

Equal Opportunities:

Yorktel-Kinly is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, age, gender identity, pregnancy, colour, race, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, religion or any other 'protected characteristics. We welcome your application.