Bid Manager

-; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology leader in Birmingham is seeking a professional to enhance operational excellence and customer satisfaction in its processes. You will be responsible for leading teams to optimize sales forecasting and improve data quality. The ideal candidate has a degree or relevant experience, alongside 3-5 years in a related field. Benefits include competitive salary, hybrid working, and a comprehensive benefits scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible benefits scheme

Private medical cover

Generous bonus scheme

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in a related field or role.

Responsibilities

• Develop optimization plans for operational excellence.
• Increase sales forecasting accuracy and data quality.
• Lead a team generating products and managing quotes.

Skills

Innovative mindset

Strong communication skills

Excellent stakeholder management

Education

Degree or relevant experience

Job description

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters – because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

What's in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work – your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

Your Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you'll help run what runs the world by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact.

• Develop optimization plans to increase operational excellence and external/internal customer satisfaction across the ITO processes.
• Focus on increasing sales forecasting accuracy, timely delivered and complete quotes, percentage of clean orders, Net Promoter Score, salesforce data quality Key Performance Indicators, and minimize the number of manual sales order changes.
• Support in leads, contacts, accounts and opportunities management, accounts segmentation, accounts planning, forecasting, and overall data quality reported in commercial tools.
• Lead a team of experts who work on customers' and Sales Engineers' input, generate products/systems configurations, manage market special price agreements, and prepare direct and indirect quotations.

Qualifications for the Role

• Degree or relevant experience in this field
• 3-5 years of experience in a related field or role
• Mindset to innovate, take ownership, drive improvement
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent stakeholder management

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits scheme (Includes options to buy/sell holidays, health checks, dental, eye care, gym memberships, cycle to work, gadget discounts and more)
• Internal mobility opportunities, mentorships & access to projects globally
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous employee referral scheme
• Company car
• Hybrid working
• Private medical cover
• Generous bonus scheme

More about us

Electrification provides leading electrical distribution and management technologies, solutions and services to electrify the world in a safe, smart and sustainable way. The portfolio includes medium- and low-voltage electrical components, switchgear, digital devices, enclosures, and circuit breakers, among others. With our products, solutions and services, we collaborate with customers to improve power delivery and security, enhance energy management, efficiency and operational reliability, as we seek to achieve a low carbon society. Go.abb/electrification Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world. Run What Runs the World.

#RunwithABB – Work model: hybrid #LI-Hybrid. We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.