Bid Writer ( Contracts & Tenders) - FTC

Danone; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food & beverage company seeks a Bid Coordinator in Trowbridge to manage tender submissions and coordinate projects across functions. Ideal candidates will have experience in bid writing and a proactive mindset. This role supports a fixed-term contract with a competitive salary range of £45,000 - £48,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Skilled in coordinating projects with contributions from multiple functions to tight deadlines.
• Proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes.
• Previous bid writing experience in a healthcare environment is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate bid submissions and ensure they are submitted on time.
• Maintain up-to-date bid library for efficient bid preparation.
• Work with sales team to manage pipeline of future opportunities.

Skills

Communicating & influencing stakeholders

Project Management

Proactive thinking/continuous improvement

Writing in a healthcare environment

Job description

Danoners are steering us to a more sustainable future, helping to make the world healthier. As a certified B-Corp, we have our Danone Impact Journey to 2025. This will only be possible with each and every one of our leaders.

Role Purpose:

Our specialist products allow patients to feed via a tube following a temporary or permanent medical issue. Nutricia delivers these products and services – including community nursing - on behalf of the NHS through a process of bidding for NHS contracts.

This is a key role in maintaining our position as market leader in the enteral feeding NHS contract market, supporting over 32,000 patients with our leading service and product proposition, with responsibility for bid coordination and writing high quality tender submissions, and working with our sales team to manage our pipeline of future opportunities and prepare for any future bids.

Key Activities:

You will be responsible for bid coordination and writing high quality tender submissions, working with experts from all functions to ensure that high quality bids are submitted on time. When not working on bids, you’ll ensure that our bid library is up to date, so that bid preparation is as efficient as possible and reflects the most up to date information. You’ll also work with our sales team to manage our pipeline of future opportunities and prepare for future bids. Alongside this you’ll support the senior contract managers to deliver ongoing contract management.

The role also delivers other key deliverables within the department such as communication across the business of market and biding trends and ensuring that future contract requirements are built into functional plans from IT security to environmental standards

This role is a fixed term contract.

Salary range: £45-£48,000 per year

About you

We would like you to demonstrate your following key skills:

Communicating & influencing stakeholders

Project Management – skilled in coordinating projects with contributions from multiple functions to tight deadlines

Proactive thinking/continuous improvement mindset – proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes

Writing – ideally previous bid writing in a healthcare environment

About Danone

At Danone UK & Ireland, we are committed to delivering better health through better nutrition for millions of consumers and patients in our communities.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA, representing our core values and beliefs. We embrace diversity as a driving force for positive change, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued.

Job details

Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition.