Overview

We are seeking a Bid Manager for our client in Mayo

The Bid Manager will report directly to senior management. You will be primarily responsible for managing Tenders, but also have a business development brief in support of the company’s senior management. The Bid Manager will assemble bid teams with the relevant technical and business knowledge required to prepare a winning bid, whilst taking ownership of the end-to-end bid process.

This is an excellent opportunity for career driven individuals to grow and develop within one of Ireland’s fastest growing engineering companies.

The Details:

• Responsible for the production, quality and timely delivery of compliant, commercially sound, market-leading, winning bids and proposals.
• Manage the Customer experience and relationship.
• Manage the Supplier experience and relationship.
• Plan and manage bid teams and inputs from a variety of internal stakeholders.
• Increase the win rate / effectiveness of our bids and proposals.
• Prepare and review the commercial aspects of the bid, ensuring all services are included in the final price to the customer.
• Track and effectively manage issues and risks throughout the bid process.
• Contribute to the written proposal – both in terms of content and presentation.
• Manage and present the financials and ensure Bids have gone through the appropriate commercial signoff process.
• Understand and resolve complex technical, strategic and business issues.
• Arrange all post bid reviews with customers, post contract award.
• Manage the contractual and compliance processes relating to all opportunities and customer engagements.
• Manage the handover process (to Operations) for all successful tenders.
• Ensure that all bid documentation produced is fully compliant with customer requirements.
• Perform a critical review of Bid processes to identify areas of further efficiency.
• Perform a review of win and loss opportunities to ensure key lessons are learned.
• Reviewing trends and carrying out data analysis to identify areas for improvement.
• This role is dynamic and not limited to the tasks listed.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Hold a Civil Engineering or Quantity Surveying qualification.
• 4+ years’ experience working in a similar role.
• Excellent Commercial knowledge and understanding
• Have excellent time management skills.
• Experience managing multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Business or Technical Writing is essential.
• Understand the procurement processes.
• Proficient at producing and presenting proposals.
• Have excellent attention to detail.
• Good time management skills and ability to multitask.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with staff, at all levels, and third parties.
• Ability to set and meet objectives.
• Structured, competent, capable of prioritising workloads efficiently and effectively
• Strong understanding of the customer journey, extremely customer centric.
• Strong IT skills with Microsoft Office packages, including diagnostic skills

For more information Contact Thomas at Arcon Recruitment
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