Bid Manager - Hertfordshire, United Kingdom - Howells Solutions

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Bid Manager - Residential Refurb & New Build
**£50-60k plus package

Hertfordshire based / Hybrid 2 days in office **Howells Solutions are currently working with a leading Construction & Property (Social Housing) contractor to recruit a Bid Manager to join their highly successful work winning team, driving the PQQ and ITT process, producing exceptional qualitative submissions.


Projects are varied including:

Social Housing Projects:
Planned Maintenance and Refurbishment Schemesand New build.


Key Duties:


  • Project manage the PQQ and ITT process to meet client deadlines
  • Develop and agree strategies and unique selling points to win individual bids through creative thinking and understanding each client's requirements
  • Work proactively with the business/supply chain to gather information to produce exceptional written PQQ and tender responses
  • Research and write responses that reflect each individual client's requirements
  • Manage the launch and midbid review meetings
  • Demonstrate a commercial understanding and liaise with estimators
  • Maintain an excellent relationship with clients and consultants throughout
  • Attend bidder conferences and dialogue sessions as required
  • Review completed bids before submission
  • Manage all post tender clarifications in line with the client's timescales
  • Prepare, manage, attend and lead / support site visits in support of each tender opportunity and to meet each client's individual requirements
  • Work with the Director of Procurement/Senior Bid Manager to identify the interview team and brief them on the opportunity and submission
  • Prepare the presentation and attend / lead if required
  • Mentor and manage junior team members, including 121s/ appraisals

Essential Experience

  • Significant bid writing & tender management experience
  • IT proficient in Word and Excel
  • Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
  • High levels of attention to detail
  • Ability to fully engage with all levels of employees

Desirable

  • Professionally qualified, and/or a graduate
  • Good understanding of the social housing sector including planned works and refurbishment projects and new build. Experience of frameworks would also be advantageous
  • Ability and confidence to make high quality presentations to customers
  • InDesign experience
  • Proof reading/copy editing experience

Salary & Benefits:


You will be working for a modern, forward thinking business; that believe the strengths, skills and personalities of their people are the key to the groups success.

This is a key permanent role within the region and offers long term career progression alongwith an excellent basic salary and benefits package.

**Applications

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