Job Description Bid Manager
Position: Bid Manager
Location: India
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience Required: 8 12 years
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Bid Manager to lead the complete bid and proposal lifecycle. The candidate will coordinate with sales, technical, commercial, finance, legal, and delivery teams to develop competitive, compliant, and high-quality proposals.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end RFP, RFI, RFQ, tender, and proposal submissions.
- Review bid documents and identify requirements, risks, timelines, and evaluation criteria.
- Develop bid strategies, compliance matrices, proposal plans, and submission schedules.
- Coordinate inputs from technical, sales, finance, legal, procurement, and delivery teams.
- Prepare technical and commercial proposals, executive summaries, and presentations.
- Ensure proposals are accurate, compelling, compliant, and submitted on time.
- Conduct pricing reviews, risk assessments, and bid/no-bid discussions.
- Maintain bid trackers, proposal libraries, templates, and supporting documentation.
- Support contract negotiations, client presentations, and post-bid clarifications.
- Analyze win/loss results and improve future bidding processes.
Required Skills
- Strong experience in bid management, tender management, or proposal management.
- Hands‑on experience with government and/or enterprise RFPs and RFQs.
- Excellent proposal writing, documentation, and stakeholder‑management skills.
- Understanding of commercial pricing, contracts, compliance, and risk management.
- Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and project‑management abilities.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to manage multiple bids under strict deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field.
- MBA or relevant bid/proposal‑management certification is preferred.
- Experience in the renewable energy, infrastructure, technology, or engineering sector is an advantage.