# Bid Manager

**Company**: ABM UK
**Location**: Hounslow, England
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Competitive
**Category**: Sales

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## Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic, precise, proactive and articulate individual with prior public and/or private sector bid management and bid writing experience within an aviation or rail tendering environment.

As a Bid Manager, you will be responsible for managing and writing Passenger Assistance and FM bids across a diverse range of sectors, including aviation and transportation, as well as commercial property, the public sector, distribution and many more.

Key responsibilities:

- Supporting the achievement of annual sales targets through successful management of key & strategic tender opportunities

- Working alongside Sales Directors/Managers to drive each tender project along; through PQQs, Tenders, Clarification Management, Process Governance and Presentations

- Engaging regularly with Executive Leadership Team members to shape strategic responses for major procurement opportunities

- Developing win strategies for major opportunities, identifying competitive positioning and differentiator development by conducting competitor analysis

- Creating high-quality bid-response documents and presentations, working to exact deadlines and creating high quality winning proposals

- Writing compelling, succinct responses to customer PQQs, ITTs and RFPs using strong command of English and ability to write autonomously and knowledgeably about FM and market-specific outsourcing contracts

- Leading cross-functional bid teams consisting of Operational, HR, Sustainability, QHSE, Mobilisation and SME stakeholders through the bid lifecycle

- Driving innovation in bid development through the application of AI tools, content management systems, automation and data analytics

Requirements:

- Working autonomously and prioritising workload to write, coordinate/bid-manage, review and complete high-quality bids in a timely fashion

- Managing the bidding process, to keep the bid team on target to achieve internal bid process timescales and governance reviews

- Building positive internal relationships to collate and gather information in response to questions, writing accurate, succinct and persuasive narrative for the management and delivery of services

- Organising layout and working within the confines of each customer's bid requirements

- Creating bespoke, on-brand, memorable documents and presentations

- Maintaining the team's up-to-date library of bid content

Essential skills:

- Excellent written English

- Bid Writing experience from UK Aviation or UK Rail markets

- Eye for detail

- Proactive attitude

- Ability to present information visually

- Time management and planning

- IT skills: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Sharepoint

- Understanding of Microsoft Office styles and the application of consistent branding

- Good knowledge of the services outsourcing market in the UK

Desirable skills:

- Proven, successful bid-writing experience from within the public or private sectors

- APMP training or similar

- Keenness for problem solving and completing projects

- Degree-educated or relevant qualification

- Familiarity with: Publishing programs such as InDesign or Scribus, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Planner and Teams

Benefits:

- 24/7 GP: Both you and your immediate family can speak to a UK-based GP from the comfort of your own home

- Mental Health support and Life Event Counseling

- Get Fit Programme

- Financial and legal support

- Cycle to work scheme

- Access Perks at Work, our innovative employee app

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Sharepoint
- Bid Writing
- English

### Nice to have
- InDesign
- Scribus
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Project
- Planner
- Teams
- APMP training

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