Bid Manager (Data Center Solutions)

CBRE Asia Pacific; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Asia Pacific is seeking an Assistant Bid Manager in Singapore to support the Bid Manager, Sales Director, and country/division teams across the full opportunity lifecycle. You will assist from early identification and pipeline management through to RFI and RFP stages, ensuring high-quality, client-focused proposals.

The role suits someone with strong writing skills, attention to detail, and the ability to articulate solutions for client needs.

Qualifications

• Strong bid writing and editing skills are essential.
• Microsoft 360 skills – Word, PowerPoint, Excel – are required.
• Ability to plan writing tasks, manage deadlines and coordinate with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support Bid Manager and sales team across the opportunity lifecycle, from identification through RFI/RFP stages.
• Coordinate bid processes, maintain bid tracker and responsibility matrix, and plan responses.
• Write bespoke bid responses and executive summaries to differentiate proposals.

Skills

Bid writing

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Time management

Writing

Education

Degree-level education beneficial

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job ID
292724

Posted
24-Aug-2026

Service line
GWS Segment

Role type
Full-time

Areas of Interest
Data Centers

Location(s)
Singapore - Singapore

The Assistant Bid Manager plays a vital role in supporting the Bid Manager, Sales Director and Country/Division sales team with the project management and governance of the sales process across the full opportunity lifecycle — providing support from early opportunity identification and pipeline management through to the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) stages.

It is a rewarding role and you will work across a broad range of interesting client accounts and internal CBRE stakeholders. The role is suited for someone who is passionate about quality, creativity, written word and seeing end results. You will have attention to detail and a flair for understanding and articulating solutions to client needs and challenges.

You will also have strong writing skills and are looking to develop your skills and build your bid management career. You will work closely with the Bid Manager, Business Development Managers (BDM) and Business Unit Sales Coordinators (BUSC) to ensure differentiated, innovative and client focused proposals are delivered on time and to an exceptional standard.

What You’ll Do

Attracting clients

• Conduct client research to support cultivation
• Assist with preparation of materials for prospective client meetings and presentations
• Support the coordination of BU events by inputting into content, themes and materials
• Support account planning by helping to capture client insights, relationship maps and whitespace opportunities that inform pursuit strategy
• Support client engagement activities, helping to prepare for and follow up on prospective client meetings and capturing key actions and next steps

RFI and RFP process

• The role provides bid support to your assigned BU, and you will coordinate and support the bid process with your BDM for new sales opportunities as required.
• Ensure request for information (RFI) questionnaires are submitted to a high standard
• Work closely with the sales team to manage proposals from initiation to submission, this will include:
  • Ensure bid tracker/responsibility matrix is created for every opportunity and team remains organised
  • Response planning and structuring
  • Coordinate and manage supply chain partners to obtain quotations and pricing inputs in support of the BDM's commercial and pricing efforts
  • Work with BDMs and Bid Manager to develop win themes aligned to client needs
  • Write bespoke bid responses and work closely with the BDM to produce compelling executive summaries
  • Check and challenge content, and contributions from others to ensure written responses clearly articulate differentiation and win themes
  • Ensure final documents are of the highest quality through design, editing and proof reading
• Ensure the team are on track for post proposal activities, helping plan and prepare site visit, presentation and workshop materials.

Knowledge and process

• Support the Bid Manager to embed and improve process and knowledge across the Country/Division
• Work closely with the team to develop and update the content library with professional profiles, account profiles and case studies. Share content with the wider business
• Proactively stay up to date with CBRE, industry knowledge and innovations, sharing this information with the team and allowing this knowledge to filter in to bid responses
• Gather and share market intelligence on clients, competitors and sector trends to strengthen pursuit strategy and win themes
• Support sales enablement by helping to maintain and share reusable content, templates and tools that improve the quality and efficiency of sales and bid activity

Networking and collaboration

• Support the Bid Manager by helping to build and foster a community and supporting on writing and proposal training within the BU,Build an internal network across the Business Unit to enhance knowledge, share best practice, and collectively benefit from shared insights
• Build relationships with operational leaders and support functions.

What You’ll Need

Character

You are passionate about quality, creativity, written word and seeing end results. You will have attention to detail and a flair for understanding and articulating solutions to client needs and challenges.

An ideal candidate for this role is energetic, proactive and able to prioritise demands and work to deadlines. With natural leadership skills and the ability to build robust working relationships, the ideal candidate has the ability to influence and motivate, and can work under pressure and to demanding and multiple deadlines

Strong writing skills, creativity and desire to win are crucial.

Education

Higher Educational Qualifications To Degree Level Would Be Beneficial.

Writing Skills

Strong bid writing and editing skills are essential. Past bid writing and management experience in a sales environment is desirable.

Technology Skills

Must possess excellent Microsoft 360 skills – primarily Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Administration Skills

You are a strong communicator with solid planning skills. You like to stay organised, can delegate and manage multiple deadlines across multiple stakeholders.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working in a bid management and/or sales environment
• Experience writing and managing proposals
• Experience of meeting tight deadlines
• Experience supporting and collaborating within teams
• Experience of dealing with and co-operating with a wide range of people.

Circumstances & Confidentiality

Must be flexible to work outside core office hours from time to time to meet tight deadlines as set by customers.

This role may require travel on occasions to other work locations for team meetings, site visits or to attend confere nces or events.

All work opportunities are to be treated as highly confidential.

About CBRE Group, Inc.

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm and a premier provider of critical infrastructure services. The company has more than 155,000 employees serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves clients through four business segments: Advisory (leasing, sales, debt origination, mortgage servicing, valuations); Building Operations & Experience (facilities management, property management, flex space & experience, critical infrastructure); Project Management (program management, project management, cost consulting); Real Estate Investments (investment management, development). Please visit our website at www.cbre.com .

Service line: GWS Segment