Bid Manager

Computacenter; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter is seeking a Bid Manager to join their Bid Management Team in London. The role involves the preparation, planning, and quality management of bid projects, ensuring effective collaboration and documentation that meets customer needs. Candidates should possess strong organisational skills, familiarity with bidding practices, and experience in team leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience in the bidding industry and best practices.
• Assertive with strong organisational skills.
• Experience in virtual bid team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and plan bid projects and manage internal communication.
• Manage operational aspects of bid projects.
• Ensure quality of offer documents and manage document collaboration.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Business acumen

Creative thinking

Education

Technical or commercial education

Tools

Office 365

SharePoint

MS Teams

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Location: UK - London, UK - Hatfield, UK - Manchester, UK - Milton Keynes (old), UK - Nottingham, UK - Reading | Job-ID: 209372 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Sales & Pre-Sales & Alliances

Life on the team

We have a fantastic new opportunity for you to join our Bid Management Team if you’re passionate about a career in Bid Management. Join Computacenter as a Bid Manager in Hatfield/London on a permanent basis and find everything in place for your success.

The Bid Management Team provides a bid management service that follows the company's bid process and best practices throughout the bid lifecycle to deliver comprehensive documentation that meets our customers’ exact requirements.

What you’ll do

• Prepare and plan bid projects, including forming bid teams, creating bid plans, work packages, milestones, and deadlines.
• Manage internal communications within the bid team and with key stakeholders, working closely with the bid opportunity owner.
• Manage the virtual bid team and oversee operational aspects of bid projects, focusing on timely, quality, resource, and deliverable management.
• Track internal and external bid delivery dates, ensuring completeness and consistency among contributors.
• Develop and document bid strategies, differentiators, win themes, key messages, and proposal content.
• Handle document management, including filing structures, naming conventions, and ownership of the bid collaboration portal.
• Collect, prepare, and integrate standard and customized proposal content for customers.
• Ensure the quality of offer documents and presentations, considering customer individuality and bid differentiation.
• Support customer-specific campaigns, coordinate marketing support, and ensure brand compliance.
• Conclude bid projects by providing content for reuse in knowledge and bid libraries.
• Participate in projects aimed at increasing the efficiency of presales activities.

What you’ll need

• Technical or commercial education or equivalent professional experience.
• Familiarity with bidding industry standards and best practices (e.g., APMP, Shipley).
• Assertiveness and strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities.
• Creative thinking with pragmatic problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, credible at all organizational levels and in different country contexts.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to utilize company bid data sources.
• Experience leading virtual bid teams without disciplinary responsibility.
• Proficiency in document creation, collaboration, and management using Office 365 tools, including SharePoint and MS Teams.