Bid Manager

Tarmac Trading Limited; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in the UK is seeking a dedicated Bid Manager to develop and implement strategic commercial opportunities. You will ensure competitive tender submissions and manage relationships with clients. The ideal candidate has commercial experience and strong analytical skills. This position includes benefits like an enhanced holiday entitlement and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Employee assistance helpline

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a commercial role with knowledge of contractual documentation.
• Experience with pre-qualification questionnaires and tender reviews.

Responsibilities

• Identify and secure commercial opportunities for long-term work pipeline.
• Produce competitive tenders and ensure timely submission.
• Manage production and submission of tender information.

Skills

Commercial Role Experience

Attention to Detail

Analytical Skills

Job description

Are you a dedicated Bid Managerlooking to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation? At Tarmac, we are on the lookout for a Bid Manager to join our team.

About the Role

Reporting into the General Manager for Contracting, the successful Bid Manager will be responsible for the development of the National Road Planning commercial strategy that supports the effective delivery of the commercial elements of the business plans and objectives. You will also be identifying and securing key strategic commercial opportunities to deliver budgeted volumes, margin expectations and growth and ensuring robust competitive tenders are submitted on time and of a high-quality standard.

Geographically, we are not precious on location, but you will be expected to be at our Market Rasen site in Lincolnshire a couple of days per week.The majority of the remainder of the week will be involved in visiting other Tarmac sites mainly around the Midlands where you will be pricing up work and aiming to win it.

Due to the nature of the work, a company car will be provided.

What you'll be doing

In this role, you as the successful Bid Managerwill be carrying out the following duties and responsibilities (not exhaustive):

• Taking a lead role in identifying and securing a pipeline of commercial opportunities to secure a long-term work pipeline
• Contributing to the development and effective delivery of the business unit commercial strategy
• Ensuring competitive tenders are submitted, key targeted contracts are won taking into account business capacity, margins, financial and contractual risks
• Undertaking pre-contract commercial reviews with the operations and QS teams to identify opportunities and risk within proposed future contracts
• Managing the production and submission of all tender information relating to commercial functions, including external commercial consultancy resources
• Encouraging and promoting the use of alternative sustainable internal materials
• Managing and developing beneficial commercial relationships with new and existing customers & clients to develop and expand market share in line with the national commercial strategy

What we are looking for

We are looking for someone who is:

• Someone with proven experience in a commercial role with an in-depth understand of contractual documentation
• Have a high level of attention to detail with analytical skillset
• Previous experience with pre-qualification questionnaires and quality submissions for tender reviews

Why Tarmac?

You’ll be joining acollaborative, innovative team within Contracting Performance.We offer opportunities to grow, take ownership, and work on impactful projects across our organisation and the broader CRH Group.

Ready to build your future with us?

Apply now and take your next step in a rewarding career in Continuous Improvement.

In addition to the role of Bid Manager, we also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits including:

• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communitiesinc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer.We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application.Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

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