Bid Manager

Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable construction company in the UK seeks an experienced Work Winning/Bid Manager to lead business development and bid management efforts across Industrial, Commercial, Healthcare, and Heritage sectors. The role involves overseeing the entire work winning process, building relationships with key clients, and ensuring high-quality bid submissions. Candidates should have strong negotiation skills, team leadership capabilities, and be ideally qualified to degree level in a relevant field. Join us to drive the company's legacy and contribute to significant projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing corporate governance within work winning.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead work winning opportunities across various sectors.
• Manage the complete work winning process from development to post tender.
• Build relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Develop and monitor bid budgets effectively.

Skills

Bid management

Stakeholder relationship building

Qualitative response development

Time management

Negotiation

Team leadership

Education

Degree in Built Environment or related field

Tools

CRM information management system

Job description

Due to continued success and growth in our core sectors, we are looking for an experienced Work Winning specialist to support our National business. The Work Winning / Bid Manager will report to our company Director of Bidding and lead opportunity pursuit for key clients in Industrial, Commercial, Healthcare and Heritage sectors including major projects. Why join us? Through the years we've developed a culture very much our own – creating an environment that brings out the best in people who share our commitment to excellence. Right now, we're excited about continuing the company's legacy through the projects and opportunities ahead. Join our collaborative team to achieve more from your career by proudly building Britain's future heritage with us.

Responsibilities

• Work Winning / Bid lead for opportunities across the breadth of focus sectors.
• Support/manage the complete work winning process – from business development and early engagement, capture planning and win strategy development, to commencing formal procurement stage, all the way through to post tender requirements.
• Building and developing relationships with key stakeholders including Clients, Consultants and Supply Chain.
• Able to develop a detailed and co-ordinated bid programme ensuring all key tasks are identified and resourced appropriately.
• Develop bid budgets and monitor throughout the bid process.
• Manage governance requirements at corporate and functional levels in accordance with our company management processes.
• Capable of developing qualitative responses, if required, on specific bids.
• Manage qualitative bid review processes and be a key part of that review.
• Maintain our CRM information management system with bid data.
• Key member of our Bid Management functional team supporting improvement activities and development of our company wide bid processes and evidence gathering.
• Experienced Work Winning/Bid Manager. We are particularly looking for individuals with experience in private sector bidding.
• An experienced and collaborative individual with the ability to respond quickly to changing situations.
• Experience of managing work winning corporate governance.
• Effective management of bid teams to deliver high quality outputs, on time.
• Ideally qualified to degree level or above in an appropriate Built Environment qualification.
• Must possess the ability to coach, mentor and lead a diverse team to deliver best in class services to our Clients.
• Effective people management skills, leadership, and strong negotiation experience.
• Have a flexible approach to working styles, working cross sector and geography.
• Highly developed organisational and planning skills, time management skills and written/oral communications skills.