Bid Manager

Linkit Recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Linkit Recruitment is seeking a capable Bid Coordinator to progress into a Bid Manager role. You will coordinate bids from opportunity to submission, collaborating with sales, operations, technical and senior management to produce high-quality, commercially compelling tenders.

This is a hands-on role with genuine responsibility and visibility, offering the potential to grow into a fully-fledged Bid Manager within a collaborative commercial team.

Qualifications

• Experience working on competitive tenders/bids.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines without dropping the ball.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness and ability to understand what makes a bid compelling.
• Proactive, organised approach.
• Ambition to step up and take ownership.

Responsibilities

• Managing and coordinating the full bid/tender process from opportunity to submission.
• Preparing, writing and producing high-quality tender responses and documentation.
• Gathering technical, commercial and operational information from internal stakeholders.
• Creating bid plans and managing deadlines to ensure on-time submissions.
• Reviewing tender requirements to identify key requirements, risks and opportunities.
• Developing compelling responses that demonstrate value and capability.
• Maintaining bid libraries, templates and documentation.
• Supporting continuous improvement of the bid process.
• Collaborating with commercial and sales teams to understand customer needs.
• Taking increasing ownership of bids as you grow into Bid Manager.

Job description

Bid Manager / Senior Bid Coordinator

Are you a strong Bid Coordinator ready to take the next step?

This is an opportunity to join a successful, established business where your contribution will genuinely matter.

We're looking for a commercially minded Bid Coordinator / Senior Bid Coordinator who is ready to step into a Bid Manager position and take ownership of the end-to-end bid process.

You don't need to have spent years carrying the Bid Manager title.

If you understand bids, know how to coordinate multiple stakeholders, write compelling submissions and - most importantly - want to take ownership and develop your career, we want to hear from you.

The Opportunity

You’ll become a key part of a collaborative commercial team, managing and coordinating bids from opportunity through to submission.

You’ll work closely with sales, operations, technical and senior management teams to produce high-quality, commercially compelling tenders that give the business the best possible chance of winning.

This is not a role where you’ll simply be pushing paperwork around.

You’ll have genuine responsibility, visibility and the opportunity to grow into a fully‑fledged Bid Manager.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Managing and coordinating the full bid and tender process from initial opportunity through to submission
• Preparing, writing and producing high-quality tender responses and supporting documentation
• Working with internal stakeholders to gather technical, commercial and operational information
• Creating bid plans, managing deadlines and ensuring submissions are delivered on time
• Reviewing tender requirements and identifying key requirements, risks and opportunities
• Developing compelling responses that clearly demonstrate value and capability
• Maintaining bid libraries, templates and supporting documentation
• Supporting the continuous improvement of the bid process
• Working closely with the commercial and sales teams to understand the opportunity and what the customer really needs
• Taking increasing ownership of bids as you develop into the Bid Manager role

What We’re Looking For

We're interested in people who have strong bid/tender coordination experience and are ready for their next move.

You might currently be a:

• Bid Coordinator
• Senior Bid Coordinator
• Bid Executive
• Tender Coordinator
• Proposal Coordinator

• -or working in a similar role where you're already taking significant responsibility for bids.

You’ll ideally have:

• Experience working on competitive tenders / bids
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• The ability to manage multiple deadlines without dropping the ball
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders
• Commercial awareness and the ability to understand what makes a bid compelling
• A proactive, organised approach
• The ambition to step up and take ownershipIndustry experience is useful, but attitude, capability and ambition are just as important.

Why Join?

Because this isn’t just another job title.

You’ll be joining a business with a fantastic culture, where people work collaboratively, support each other and are trusted to get on with their jobs.

You’ll have:

• Hybrid working - a genuine balance between working from home and collaborating with the team.
• Career progression - the opportunity to develop from Senior Bid Coordinator into Bid Manager, with increasing responsibility and ownership.
• A supportive environment - work with people who want you to succeed rather than simply handing you a target and leaving you to it.
• Real influence - your work will directly contribute to winning new business.
• A team mentality - no egos, no unnecessary politics. People work together to get results.

The Person We’re Looking For

We’re not necessarily looking for someone who has already done everything.

We’re looking for someone who thinks:

“I’m ready for more responsibility.”

If you’re currently a good Bid Coordinator but feel you’re capable of stepping up, this could be exactly the move you’ve been waiting for.

If you’re commercially aware, hungry to develop and take pride in producing bids that actually win business,

You don’t need to be the finished article. You need to be ready to become it