Senior Bid Coordinator

Gleeds Corporate Services Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global property and construction consultancy is seeking a Senior Bid Coordinator to lead bid efforts in the North England region. The ideal candidate will have over three years of bidding experience, strong project management abilities, and expertise in Microsoft Office Suite. You will oversee the preparation of compelling bids, manage teams, and support growth strategies. This role offers opportunities for professional development and a range of benefits including a contributory pension scheme and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Opportunities for career development

Contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Global travel scholarship programme

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Minimum three years' experience in bidding.
• Experience managing bids generating over £1m fee revenue.
• Understanding of the construction industry is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support decision to bid process and manage multiple bids.
• Lead storyboarding workshops and oversee the bid process.
• Develop innovative and creative strategies for bids.

Skills

Microsoft Office Suite proficiency

Adobe InDesign

Excellent English command

Project management

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Creative documentation production

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Professionally qualified (APMP)

Job description

About this opportunity

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Bid Coordinator to join the Gleeds North England regional business, under the coordination of the Global Bid Team to support targeted business growth through the creation of winning bid submissions. We do this by ensuring we target the right opportunities with the right proposition in a compelling way.

The Senior Bid Coordinator is expected to lead regional bids for the North England business (across some 170 technical staff operating from 4 regional offices) to provide support for public and private sector bids. You will support the decision to bid and will contribute to strategy, as well as management planning of each bid; managing storyboarding workshops; as well as managing the writing and response process to ensure that a compelling, professional and compliant bid is developed, on time and with the appropriate levels of review and gateway sign off. You will be expected to manage multiple bids simultaneously whilst supporting the management of workload and pipeline for the team.

As an enthusiastic, motivated and approachable manager in the UK Bid Team, you are expected to develop win strategies and bid plans and bring ideas, innovation and fresh, creative thinking to the regional bid process whilst also being a team ambassador and setting high standards of behaviour and professionalism.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support decision to bid process (bid to win), including alignment with regional business plans and sector growth. The undertaking of bid/no bid conversations with Technical Leads is essential to ensuring that we are targeting the correct opportunities;
• Lead storyboarding workshops to develop clear structures for responses which articulate our win themes;
• Lead strategy and proposition development on major regional bids to ensure win themes are clearly articulated at the outset of the bid process;
• Produce clear answer schedules which enable technical authors to generate compelling draft content;
• Supervise team members, to include delegating responsibility, training and evaluating performance;
• Manage the bid process, engaging with the bid contributors on a bid by bid and day to day basis;
• Timely planning, management and completion of bid submissions;
• Organise the review of the submissions against client requirements for high quality and accuracy;
• Plan, write and coordinate bid responses;
• Collaborate in the understanding and interpretation of the questions and evaluation criteria within tender documents;
• Direct the construction of relevant answers which clearly answer the clients’ question and portray the company in the best light;
• Support tender interview and clarifications process;
• Ensure accurate and up to date information is placed in all tender and pre-qualification questionnaire documents;
• Maintain records and stats relating to submissions and successes;
• Build internal and external relationships with individuals associated with the bid process in order to create quality bids;
• Develop a creative approach to the writing and presentation of bids;
• Identify opportunities to enhance and improve the process, whilst sharing best practice with the team;
• Ensure the quality of the response and bid to reflect our company values;
• Support other regional and national bids where bid submissions reach a peak;
• Champion the role of the bid team around the company and dealing with ad‑hoc queries;
• Support internal projects including continuously improving the bid process;
• Maintain an up-to-date data base of CVs, and case studies;
• Support regional business development process with presentational material;

As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to:

• Opportunities to develop and grow your career
• A contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Our global travel scholarship programme
• Flexible working arrangements

Who we’re looking for:

Experience

• Minimum three years’ experience in bidding;
• Understanding of professional service and/or the building/property
• Constructionindustry experience (desirable);
• Ability to demonstrate experience successfully managing bids generating over £250k fee revenue or with a value of over £15m construction cost;
• Experience of contributing to bids generating over £1m fee revenue or with a value of over £100m construction cost;
• Project management experience;
• Line management experience;
• Demonstrate creativity and innovation through the production ofbespoke documentation;
• Ability to plan and execute bid planning workshops with multiple attendeesand complex team structures.

Key Skills

• Highly experienced in Microsoft Office Suite, with exceptional Word andPowerPoint formatting skills;
• Highly experienced in Adobe InDesign;
• Excellent command of both spoken and written English (mandatory);
• A proactive, self-motivated, enthusiastic and determined bid professional;
• Skilled in editing copy to correct grammar, spelling and punctuation and to ensure consistent standard and style;
• A team player and effective communicator able to establish and maintain harmonious and professional relationships with clients and colleagues;
• Work on own initiative, and to an exceedingly high quality;
• Able to multi-task and work to tight deadlines in high pressure situations;
• Possess strong organisational and project management skills;
• Flexible, results driven and keen to take responsibility;
• Manage delivery through multiple team members and internal/external stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Degree in a relevant discipline (desirable);
• Professionally qualified (APMP) (desirable)

About us

Gleeds is a global property and construction consultancy with over 150 years of expertise, operating in 28 countries worldwide. From iconic landmarks to critical infrastructure, we drive innovation, sustainability and value, delivering transformative projects that shape communities and redefine the built environment.