Graduate Bid Coordinator

Impact Food Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based private catering company is seeking a Graduate Bid Coordinator to join their growing team in Woking. The role involves coordinating bid responses, managing bid library content, and supporting the Sales team with administrative tasks. Ideal candidates should possess strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working model, and numerous employee benefits, including annual leave and a wellness platform. This is an exciting opportunity for recent graduates looking to start their career in a vibrant company.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus for team targets

Employee wellbeing platform

Access to learning platform

Salary sacrifice electric car scheme

Annual summer party with awards

Qualifications

• Experience in a tender administrator, bid or proposals coordinator role is beneficial.
• Strong focus on financial details and systems.
• Excellent written communication and telephone skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and create bid response content.
• Create supporting PowerPoint presentations for tenders.
• Manage and update bid library content.
• Monitor public sector frameworks for bid opportunities.
• Perform a variety of administrative tasks to support the team.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Organisational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Confidentiality maintenance

Proactive attitude

Education

University degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Adobe

CRM systems

Job description

Role: Graduate Bid Coordinator

Salary: Flexible & Fantastic Benefits

Location: Woking

At Impact Food Group, we re more than just a school caterer. We re on a mission to create a positive food culture and help more students enjoy healthier, better-quality food. Making a positive social impact is at the heart of everything we do. We re constantly learning, evolving, and improving every way, every day.

Through our industry-leading brands Innovate, Hutchison, Cucina, and Chapter One we cater for over 550,000 students and operate in more than 900 schools nationwide, growing every year.

We re now looking for a talented and highly organised Bid Coordinator to join and play a vital role in supporting our business. If you have just left Univeristy and looking for your first role this could be a great role.

Guided by our values, integrity, bold, impactful, empathy and community; you will help us shape a workplace and culture we can all be proud of.

Due to continued business growth an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Bid Coordinator to join the team at a really exciting time of growth. This role is available with flexibility around office working but with an expectation of at least 3/4 days at our Woking office. Reporting to our Sales Director / Sales Manager you will joining a growing a brilliant team that is making a real impact on the success of Impact Food Group.

What you will be doing

• Coordinating and creating supporting content for bid responses including appendices, graphics, organisation charts etc.
• Creating supporting PowerPoint presentations as part of tender processes.
• Updating and managing bid library content.
• Monitoring public sector frameworks for opportunities and managing opportunities through various portals.
• Populate consultant financial models
• A range of administration tasks to monitor progress and organise the team.

What we are looking for

• Previous experience within a tender administrator / bid / proposals coordinator or similar role would be a plus.
• Excellent systems and financial detail focus
• Strong Microsoft skills (Ideally Excel Wizard) Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel Word and Adobe proficiency a plus.
• Excellent time management skills consistently meeting tight deadlines during our busy season
• Examples of working in a high-pressured culture and ability to sift through data quickly and analyse.
• Excellent written skills and telephone manner.
• Outstanding organisational skills with the ability to multi-task.
• An ability to maintain confidentiality with all company information and materials.

• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently while contributing effectively to team goals with a strong work ethic and enthusiastic manner.
• CRM experience would be a bonus.
• Worked for a contract caterer would be a bonus but not a have to have.
• Tender management experience (doesn t have to be in our industry)

What We d Love To Give You Competitive salary

Bonus payable for hitting team target

Hybrid role 3 days in the office ( Woking ) 25 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays Life assurance & company pension scheme. Access to our extensive online Learning platform and development opportunities An employee wellbeing platform. Access to a salary sacrifice electric car scheme. IFG rewards for highstreets discounts. Annual Summer Party with company awards.

Additional Details IFG are committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which we supply the cost for. We are a committed equal opportunities employer - if you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail within your application. All information is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirements.