Bid Manager

Start Date: ASAP
Permanent | £42,417 per annum
Location: Milton Keynes

We’re partnering with an established, public sector-focused organisation to appoint an experienced Bid Manager within its commercial and customer strategy function.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded bid professional to take ownership of complex customer proposals, working across multidisciplinary teams to secure new business and renewals. You’ll coordinate input from subject matter experts, manage proposals through costing and approval, and ensure every submission is accurate, compliant and commercially robust.

The Opportunity

As Bid Manager, you’ll manage the end-to-end delivery of assigned proposals, translating complex customer requirements into clear and compelling submissions.

Working closely with customers, commercial teams, relationship managers and technical specialists, you’ll establish requirements, coordinate contributions and maintain momentum throughout the bid lifecycle. You’ll combine strong writing and project management skills with commercial judgement, ensuring proposals demonstrate value while appropriately managing delivery, financial and contractual risk.

You’ll also contribute to the continuous improvement of bid processes, documentation and customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

You’ll play a central role in the successful delivery of bids and proposals by:

• Managing proposals from initial customer brief through to final submission.
• Working with customers to clarify their requirements, priorities and critical decision criteria.
• Developing structured bid plans, managing contributors and monitoring key milestones.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary bid teams and subject matter experts.
• Obtaining accurate product or service costings, pricing information and delivery timescales.
• Producing concise, accurate and compelling customer-facing proposals.
• Ensuring submissions clearly communicate value and respond directly to customer requirements.
• Quality-assuring commercial, pricing and delivery information before submission.
• Identifying financial, legal, operational, delivery and intellectual-property risks.
• Coordinating internal governance, reviews and approvals.
• Providing clear and timely progress updates to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Maintaining accurate CRM records covering bids, opportunities and material changes.
• Developing templates, checklists and processes that improve bid quality and efficiency.

About You

You’ll have recent experience in bid, sales or commercial management, with strong knowledge of proposals, pricing, tendering and contracts.

You will also have:

• Experience managing complex bids or proposals from development through to submission.
• A strong track record of producing high-quality commercial and technical documentation.
• Experience working directly with customers to understand requirements and manage expectations.
• The ability to interpret, challenge and simplify detailed or technical information.
• Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of risk, governance and approvals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The confidence to influence and coordinate stakeholders across different functions and levels.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• A collaborative, adaptable and detail-focused approach.
• Experience maintaining accurate opportunity or bid information within a CRM system.

Experience supplying public sector organisations, applying project or risk management principles, or working across areas such as construction, estates, logistics, facilities management, ICT or professional services would be advantageous. Knowledge of NEC4 principles and contracts would also be beneficial.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of strategically important proposals within a collaborative and commercially focused environment.

In return, you’ll benefit from:

• A salary of £42,417 per annum.
• A permanent position with responsibility across the complete bid lifecycle.
• Exposure to complex, high-value proposals and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• The opportunity to influence bid processes, governance and customer experience.
• A role combining commercial judgement, relationship management and high-quality written communication.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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