Head of Bid Management

Novus Property Solutions Ltd; Stoke-on-Trent; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

EV salary sacrifice

Pension scheme

Healthcare scheme

Holiday buy/sell

Discounts

Volunteering day

Job summary

Novus Property Solutions in the UK is seeking a Head of Bid Management to lead end-to-end bid activity across social housing, healthcare, education and hotels. You will shape the national bid strategy, coordinate a multidisciplinary team and drive win rates.

Reporting to the Business Development Director, you will own the bid process from opportunity to submission, mentor the bid and estimating teams, and deliver robust, commercially sound submissions while building strong client relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience leading end-to-end bid processes in property maintenance or similar sectors.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.
• Proven ability to drive win rates and coordinate cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end bid process for key opportunities and identify the Win Plan.
• Coordinate resources to produce best-in-class submissions.
• Lead bid team workloads and ensure timely bid submissions.
• Support post-tender activities such as presentations and clarifications.
• Provide reports to senior management on bid activity and outcomes.

Skills

Bid management

Proposal writing

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Commercial awareness

Job description

Location: Midlands or North West based, offered hybrid working, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Our Head of Bid Management is a senior role in our business, focused on winning tenders across several sectors including social housing, healthcare, education and hotels, and several workstreams including reactive and planned maintenance, minor works, major projects and fast track fit out

Reporting into the Business Development Director, you will have overall responsibilityfor the development, implementation, monitoring and review of the national work winning strategy, your focus will be to support the growth plans of the business by identifying a targeted plan and co-ordinating the team to collaborate. To support you, an established Business Development and Estimating team ensure we deliver the desired outputs in line with the growth strategy.

What’s in it for you?

• Attractive salary & benefits to suit you
• KPI related bonus scheme
• Company Car, access to EV salary sacrifice scheme
• 27 Days Hols & BH plus the option to buy or sell holidays
• Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%
• We also offer a; Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more….

An outline of your responsibilities as a Head of Bid Management

• Ownership of the end to end Bid process for key opportunities, identifying the “Win Plan” and co-ordinating all necessary resources to produce a best in class submission
• Key figure within the bid / no bid process, judging the highest win probabilities
• Innovating the delivery solution
• Ensure the bid team work effectively with Operations on identifying bid opportunities within the marketplace
• Ensure effective communication processes between departments are in place and facilitate timely and successful bid submissions
• Work with operations teams on resourcing the completion of tender opportunities
• Manage workloads of the bid team, in conjunction with Operations requirements
• In conjunction with Estimating team ensure thorough risk assessment of tender submissions
• Facilitate adjudication process to ensure robust and commercially sound bid submissions
• Manage post-tender activities, e.g. presentations and clarifications
• Monitor bid outcomes and ensure effective b2b and internal communications
• Provide relevant reports to the company board of directors
• Identify and drive continuous improvement activities
• Ensure continuous business education on bid processes and principles
• Develop systems and processes which facilitate gathering intelligence on bid activity

About You

As an experienced Head of Bid Management ,you will have a strong track record of successful Bid Management and Proposals in the Property Maintenance Sector. Exceptional written communication skills, excellent attention to detail, with a drive for success. You will be commercially astute, driven by success and people management experience would be desirable. You will have strong stakeholder management skills, excellent client relationships skills and a passion for leading people.You will need to hold a Full UK driving licence.

A little bit about us

Novus Property Solutionsis a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 129-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate

At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work.