Hybrid Commercial Manager: Bid Writing & Growth

Office Angels; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Office Angels is seeking a Commercial Manager to own the internal sales and bid function, driving revenue growth and tender success across the UK & Ireland. The role blends inside sales, proposal development and bid management with collaboration across business development, operations, finance and leadership.

You will lead generation, pricing, and end-to-end tender management, while building strong client relationships and maintaining the tender library.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in bid writing and/or commercial sales, ideally within the public sector.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong understanding of UK public sector procurement, incl. the Procurement Act 2023, frameworks and procurement portals.
• Experience of service contract and/or capital sales.
• Strong commercial awareness, incl. pricing, margins and cost build-up.
• Excellent organisation and project management skills, with multiple deadlines.
• Ability to influence and coordinate colleagues without direct line-management responsibility.
• Strong IT skills, incl. Microsoft Office 365, CRM and e-procurement systems.
• Proactive, self-motivated and commercially focused approach.
• Knowledge of Irish public procurement/eTenders and bid-writing or procurement qualification such as APMP or CIPS would be advantageous.
• A full UK driving licence; commutable distance to the North West for regular attendance.

Responsibilities

• Generate, qualify and progress new sales opportunities through outbound activity and inbound enquiries.
• Manage the internal sales and proposal process, producing quotations and proposals.
• Develop and maintain a sales pipeline with regular commercial reporting and forecasts.
• Support pricing, quotations, appointments and information for the business development team.
• Identify opportunities to grow existing accounts via renewals, cross-selling and relationship management.
• Monitor public sector procurement portals, frameworks and DPS opportunities across the UK and Ireland.
• Oversee end-to-end tender process from bid/no-bid to submission and clarifications.
• Coordinate bid contributors across operations, finance, health & safety, and other areas.
• Write and quality-check method statements, responses and social value submissions.
• Maintain tender library and framework submissions; monitor performance and pipeline value.

Skills

Bid writing

Commercial sales

Public procurement knowledge

Pricing margins

Project management

CRM systems

MS Office

Job description

Office Angels is seeking a Commercial Manager to own the internal sales and bid function, driving revenue growth and tender success across the UK & Ireland. The role blends inside sales, proposal development and bid management with collaboration across business development, operations, finance and leadership.

You will lead generation, pricing, and end-to-end tender management, while building strong client relationships and maintaining the tender library.