Bid Manager

CGI; Preston; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading technology company as a Bid Manager, where you’ll lead complex bids that make a significant impact in the digital transformation of the UK. This role involves managing teams, budgets, and stakeholder engagement, while offering competitive benefits including a strong pension scheme and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent pension

Private healthcare

Employee share scheme

Qualifications

• Proven history of leading and winning complex bids.
• Experience in pre-sales activities and budget control.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of a bid and manage virtual teams.
• Ensure deadlines are met and manage bid budgets.
• Drive continuous improvement and prepare client presentations.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Budget control

Flexibility

Adaptability

Job description

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If you’re looking for a challenge that stretches your talents and you want to make a real difference in people’s lives, come and join us as a Bid Manager and help support the digital transformation of the UK.
You will be responsible to leading all aspects of a bid and will have the responsibility for managing matrixed teams delivering everything from proposal, commercial to finance. Engaging with senior stakeholders both internally and externally.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List and has been named one of the ‘World’s Best Employers’ by Forbes magazine. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading all aspects of a bid.
• Managing competitive bids
• Leading virtual teams across multiple functions .
• Manage the bid budget and monitor and report on overall performance against KPIs.
• Ensure timescales are achieved at each step of the bid process, including all internal governance, while taking the initiative in setting realistic deadlines.
• Ensure on-time submission of compliant and commercially sound bids.
• Co-ordinate and plan all client presentations required as part of the bid submission.
• Drive continuous improvement, through post-bid reviews, both internally and with customers
• Work with the Sales lead to develop a clear win strategy for each bid and ensure win themes are clear and compelling.
• Manage the incoming bid leads, review and provide recommendations on pursuit
• Prepare and review the commercial aspects of the bid, ensuring all products/services are included in the final price to the customer.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Proven history of leading and winning complex bids
• Proven experience working on a wide range of pre-sales activities
• Budget control
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong people leadership skills: motivating staff to deliver quality results on time, often under pressure
• Able to be self-critical
• Confidence, flexibility and adaptability
• Ability to see the big picture and make appropriate recommendations to the Sales lead



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