Bid Manager

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Job Description

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BID Manager- Telecoms

Leicestershire

What you will be doing:

An opportunity has arisen for a Bid Manager to join the team at Galliford Try within our Telecoms Business.

Ideally, you will based in or around the Leicestershire area.

• Receive, analyse and disseminate tender documents, including handling clarifications & amendments.
• Preparation of bid programmes and deliverables schedules to monitor progress.
• Ensuring that that the Bid team adheres to defined governance and bid management processes and adequately hands over successful bids to delivery teams.
• Contribute and lead the wider bid team at key stages of individual tender opportunities, gathering technical information from internal departments to compile and ensure a high-quality bespoke solution is offered to the client.
• Identifying winning bid themes, strategies and actions.
• Implementing our Delivering Excellence culture change programme through the Bid process.
• Leading tender launch and finalisation meetings, including content specific workshops and regular progress meetings.
• Supporting the development and undertaking the writing of high-quality winning quality deliverables including co-ordinating, proof-reading, and editing written content produced by others.
• Taking a lead role in the management of the submission process ensuring that all deliverables are being produced and successfully issued in line with the PQQ / Tender requirements.
• Liaison and collaboration with "subject matter" experts to assist the development of focussed and bespoke responses.
• Building and developing effective relationships throughout the business and with partners out with i.e. Supply Chain and Design Team Partners.
• Oversee and contribute to the production of promotional/marketing materials and award submissions.
• Providing guidance and mentoring to junior staff.

About You:

• Ability to demonstrate a confidence to communicate ideas.
• Excellent use of the English language and writing skills.
• A drive for continuous improvement.
• Driven to achieve customer satisfaction.
• A strategic thinker.
• An ability to identify and solve problems in a timely manner.
• A construction background and be able to understand technical / commercial information.
• An ability to communicate effectively with technically oriented people, including the ability to work with construction staff, discuss technical questions and develop / write and appraise responses.
• A willingness to support the team and others - a Team Player with a strong work ethic.
• The flexibility to meet the challenges of fluctuating workloads and multiple assignments with tight deadlines that may require non-standard work hours from time to time.
• IT Literacy including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat and InDesign.
• You will possess strong organisational and project management skills, an eye for detail and meticulous proof-reading and communication skills both written and verbal.
• Experience of working in a proposals / work winning environment is essential.
• You will have the ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Environment business please contact Chloe Phillips on chloe.phillips@gallifordtry.co.uk.

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don't meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

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About the Team

Galliford Try's Telecoms & Security business works predominantly within the UK's Critical National Infrastructure market, focussing on Defence, Water, Energy, Transport and Telecommunications sectors. We deliver multi-site security programs, and our expertise in the planning, design and delivery processes, in addition to our CNI Security knowledge and experience, enables us to efficiently deliver fully integrated physical and electronic security programmes and portfolios of work on critical operational assets.