Bid Writer - South West England, United Kingdom - Trinity Resource Solutions

Trinity Resource Solutions
Trinity Resource Solutions
Verified Company
South West England, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Bid Writer sources, collates, writes, and wins high-value, new and retained, tenders for our client whilst simultaneously raising the organisations profile via exceptionally high-quality tender submissions.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for ensuring tenders are submitted consistently ahead of the deadlines set by the tendering authority.
  • Produce bids on our clients products and services, from core services through to partner led solutions.
  • Objectively appraise tender submissions; add and edit information as necessary in order to structure effective responses.
  • Plan the key stages of individual tender projects, allocate appropriate deadlines with follow ups, and ensure deadlines are adhered to both within and outside the Public Sector Business Development team.
  • Supply leadership with relevant research and market intelligence information, guide relevant strategy and pricing proposals and contribute to meetings involving leadership and management.
  • Contribute, as part of the team, to the indepth analysis of the prospects key drivers and provide appropriate discriminators in order to add value and supply the most competitive and compliant bid.
  • Ensure the accuracy and precision of each tender and there is no margin for error, as the organisation is legally bound by everything set out within the bid.
  • Gather technical data from internal departments and operational teams such as Services, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and the wider Legal team, interpret data into layman's terms in order to construct compelling and readable text and ensure that visionary andbespoke solutions are offered to clients.
  • Responsible for the sensechecking and proofreading of all created materials, and the work of other teammates.
  • Provide constructive criticism around areas that may need adjustment, work together with appropriate parties to ensure submissions of the highest standard are achieved.
  • Demonstrate technical and commercial writing skills; displaying a creative flair in tender submissions and produce costing information in order to help the Bid team in making decisions.
  • Contribute relevant ideas for developing tender submissions to our clients advantage (e.g. assisting the Marketing team in the creation of sales focussed literature, from sound market research, in order to accurately portray our clients strengths over itsdirect competitors).
  • Proactively initiate the creation of company literature to ensure our client is in line with relevant legislation and best practice guidelines, work alongside relevant departments to create policies, charters, and marketing material in a time sensitive manner.
  • Investigate the marketplace to enable positive comparison with competitors and ensure full compliance with the current legislative procedures, as well as to develop and keep up to date
- with the Public Sector formal OJEU tendering processes, and ensure all bids are deemed compliant by the tendering authority in relation to the strict guidelines imposed for public sector procurement.

  • Receive and deal with extensive enquiries from teammates and clients concerning tenders both current and historic.
  • Create and maintain an effective and constantly evolving reference library.
  • Responsible for updating all spreadsheets, databases, and company sales records, and producing reports on workload and goals which have been achieved for both the team and leadership when required.
  • Consistently and accurately update the CRM system to enable and ensure relevant knowledge can be distributed companywide.
  • In conjunction with RFP Executives, follow the relevant procedures following the notice of tender award/loss to include information and market intelligence, and gather this information via the creation of debrief requests.
  • Chair and take minutes at tender steering meetings and ensure accurate and up to date records are kept of all action points.
This list is not exhaustive, you will be required to undertake additional responsibilities as reasonably requested by your manager.
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential

  • Holds relevant professional qualification and
or accreditation

  • Fully conversant with Microsoft Office suite
(Outlook, Excel, and Word)

  • Experience of writing and delivering
successful tenders

  • Ability to communicate and convey complex
issues, and write in an accessible and
engaging manner

  • Ability to interpret and analyse complex
information from a range of sources and
present in a succinct and compelling way

  • Team and action oriented; proactive in
prioritising own workload and assigned areas
of responsibility to others
Desirable

  • Educated to degree level or can demonstrate
equivalent work experience

  • Previous experience working in public sector
procurement and contract management

  • Holds relevant professional Project Management
qualification and or accreditation (such as
PRINCE2, PMI)

  • Demonstrates strong writing skills and the ability
to construct high quality, complex narratives and
convey complex ideas simply and clearly

  • Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to
negotiate, influence and generate confidence,
trust, and respect

  • Knowledge and understanding of an outcomebased approach to measuring and monitoring
performance

  • Excellent communication and project
management skills to manage clients and
partners and gather deliverables from a range of
internal and external stakeholders
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