Bids Executive - London, United Kingdom - Pinsent Masons

Pinsent Masons

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Description
Department:
Business Development

Location:

UK/Dublin
Job Title:Bids Executive
Reports to:Bids Manager/Senior Exec**Responsible for:

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About this role

The role sits within our Central Bids team, comprising c20 bid professionals, supporting the firm's key global sectors, legal practice areas and locations.

The team's focussed support has seen the firm achieve significant process and win rate improvements.

You will have responsibility for managing the production of practice group bids in the Property group.

You will work closely with the Bids Manager and Bid Partners leading the opportunities, advising on bid best practice at all stages.

You will co-ordinate the firm during the process and have project management and creative oversight to deliver the bid on time.

What personal qualities do you need?
Our team works very collaboratively, helping each other out when needed. We want someone who will contribute to this and work well with others.

Being diplomatic, tactful, proactive and someone who will work to gain the trust and respect of senior people are also key attributes.

Good organisational skills and attention to detail are a must.

Bidding experience is of course a necessity, but you don't need to be from a legal services background. Our team is made up of people from all kinds of industries.

More important to us than finding someone with professional services experience and having someone join the team with the right energy, resilience and enthusiasm.

How we will support you?
Full induction into Pinsent Masons, the culture, the people and the role.

We'll invest in you - you'll have access to training to refresh or develop new skills, and regular dialogue with others in the team and your direct line manager.

We pride ourselves on this aspect, having seen the benefit of junior team members growing within their roles and then rising through our team structure.

Main duties and responsibilities:
The role will focus on transactional bids covering specific practice groups.

Project / bid management managing the bids process from start to finish
Input to bid strategy working with bid teams to identify key themes and messages
Creative input to proposal documentation producing high quality documents (document and interview stage)
Client engagement at scoping and debrief
Working closely with the Bid Managers on larger bids
Using our BD tools to collate the most relevant material efficiently
Taking responsibility for managing prequalification stages qualifying the opportunity, managing Partners and other stakeholders through this stage and producing the complete response
Working alongside more senior members of the team throughout presentation stage, contributing to rehearsals and taking ownership of supporting materials

Other projects:

Content management maintaining and enhancing prewritten content, guides and other standard materials to expand and improve our automated content library
Reporting producing reports and analysis of bid activity to inform business decisions Other projects involvement in internal projects to improve bid information flow, analysis and best practice within the firm**Person Specification

Qualifications:
Degree qualified or equivalent preferred, but not mandatory
Relevant Experience:

At least 1 year of experience managing bids, providing advice on approach and strategy
Writing and editing copy for client facing documents
Coaching presentation teams Legal or other professional services sector experience preferred
Key Skills:
Managing, guiding and advising throughout a bidding process
Motivated and confident with good communication skills
Creative providing creative solutions to a client's problems and able to visualise alternative ways of presenting information
Project and time management skills juggling different bids and priorities at the same time while ensuring deadlines are met
Excellent writing skills and editing skills
Strong document production skills (MS Word and PowerPoint)

Updated:
Aug 2023