Business Development Manager

HARRIS HILL EXECUTIVE SEARCH; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent organization in Preston is seeking a Business Development Manager to lead tender preparations, manage submissions, and ensure alignment with local strategies. The role requires experience in competitive tendering and the ability to manage multiple deadlines. This permanent, full-time position offers a salary of £40,500 and hybrid working arrangements, with occasional travel required across Northern England and the Midlands.

Qualifications

• Experience leading the tendering process.
• Understanding competitive tendering formats.
• Ability to manage multiple tenders under tight deadlines.
• Gathering and applying intelligence to local tenders.
• Knowledge of local authority procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead on tender preparation and submission.
• Write high-quality tender submissions.
• Manage a pipeline of grant applications.
• Ensure relevance of submissions to local strategies.
• Incorporate feedback into future submissions.

Skills

Tendering process management

Competitive tendering

Time management

Local authority procurement understanding

Intelligence gathering

Job description

Harris Hill is delighted to be working in partnership withN-Compassto recruit aBusiness Development Manager.

This is an exciting role that offers plenty of variety from leading tenders to building partnerships, which will help grow services that make a real difference to people who need them most.

As Business Development Manager, you will lead on all aspects of tender preparation, submission, and follow-up, working closely with operational and central teams to ensure all elements of the bid are aligned with the local delivery strategies and service specifications and progressed in line with tender deadlines.

You will write high-quality tender submissions drawing on expert knowledge from operational colleagues, local intelligence and research of local priorities/strategies and mapping it against the tender specification and instructions. You will maintain a pipeline of grant applications aligned with organisational needs and manage priorities between tender and grant submissions. You will ensure that every tender submission is strategically relevant and aligned with local strategies, priorities, and commissioning themes. You will also ensure that continuous learning from tender feedback is incorporated into the development of tender submissions.

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• Experience leading the tendering process, from managing tender portals through submission and handing over to the implementation team.
• An understanding of competitive tendering and experience in producing competitive tenders across a range of formats/styles
• Experience managing tight timescales and progressing multiple tenders simultaneously.
• Experience gathering intelligence from a range of sources and applying it to the local tender
• An understanding of local authority procurement processes

If this role sounds of interest to you and you want to have a chat and review the full job description, please do contact Dominic at Harris Hill [e-mail] call him on020 7820 7332.

Salary:£40,500
Permanent, full-time

Location:Preston, with hybrid working. The BDM will be required to travel occasionally across the north of England and the Midlands

Deadline:Rolling, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, please apply now to avoid disappointment.
Application process:CV and Cover Letter

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.