Job Title: Bid Manager
Team: Bid Team
Date: April 2022
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
Location: Elsecar, Barnsley

Job Description:

  • Responsible for ensuring the effectiveness and pro-active development of the whole bidding process. Ensuring the customer is kept up to date with progress throughout the sales/tendering process.
  • Engaging with our marketing and resourcing teams to drive the growth and provide consistent approach.
  • Leading the tender yes/no process prior to all bids.
  • Developing a deep understanding of projects to gain insights into the scope of service delivery.
  • Leading commercial and qualitative propositions for multiple, concurrent, complex bids.
  • Providing support with all elements of bids; compilation, written quality questions and commercial proposals.
  • Processing enquiries in order to achieve the best performance outcome in line with turnover and profit budgets.
  • Ensuring consistency and accuracy across all quotations/tenders in accordance with both the company standards and the customer’s requirements.
  • Ensuring all pricing quotations are issued with appropriate commercial Terms & Conditions and that all subsequent contracts are executed accordingly. Check appointment documents at tender stage and cross reference with orders received.
  • Understanding and articulating technical and commercial risks in proposals.
  • Ensuring all tender deadlines are achieved.
  • Supporting with all post-submission communication and any clarification responses as requested by the client.
  • Creating and fostering relationships with clients, partners and associates.
  • Attend interviews, quotation/contract handover meetings.
  • Working closely and pro-actively with the Operations Manager. Facilitating a smooth and robust handover to the operations team.
  • Providing accurate and regular reports to the management on performance of the Tender Team and contribution to monthly KPI’s.
  • Manage staff workload across the Tender Team. Line Manager to Bid Compliance Manager, Bid Writer, Estimator, Proposals Manager and Bid Administrator.
  • Identifying and organising any training needs for members of the team.
  • Report to the Associate Commercial Director.

 

GENERAL

This job description only contains the main duties relating to this post and does not describe in detail all the duties required to carry them out, and there will be an expectation that the post holder will carry out other duties that reasonably fall within the general nature of the level of responsibility of the post.

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM

Hickton Group Ltd comprises of six individual businesses, Hickton Quality Control, BRCS Building Control, Cook Brown Building Control, Cook Brown Energy, Morgan Lambert and Qualitas Compliance. Group structure continues our ambition to be a leading multi-disciplinary provider of quality inspection and consultancy services in the construction sector. Being part of the Group means that there is a coordinated approach to Commercial Business, Marketing, Resourcing, Finance, Business Support, Operations and Corporate Governance, to provide technical excellence and exceptional service to our clients. This provides greater opportunities to work for a larger Group of companies, giving you continuous growth in your own personal development plans and careers.

We employ people who embrace and deliver our core Group values: Quality, Client Focus, Honesty, Integrity, Competency, Teamwork, Development, Accountability and Exceptional Service. If this sounds like a team that you would like to be part of, in return we will provide the following:

  • Competitive salary
  • Training linked to your job role
  • Pension scheme
  • A friendly and professional working environment with an ‘open door’ ethos.

Please send your CV and covering letter to laura.bradshaw@hicktongroup.co.uk

Hickton Group Ltd

Amber Court
51 Church Street
Elsecar
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S74 8HT

01226743959
info@hicktongroup.co.uk

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