Bid Manager

Package Description

Salary is up to £46,000 plus bonus and flexible benefits fund.

This role can offer flexible working and will be based from home - please ask for more details.

Job Introduction

Sodexo's Government and Agencies segment have a fantastic opportunity for a Bid Manager to join our high performing Business Development team.

In this exciting yet challenging role you will actively manage the tender process for medium and complex bids, adding value and effective support to the segment sales team by leading all day to day bid activity.

You will be a strong communicator, able to influence at a senior level and have excellent project management skills in order to guide the bid project team from start to finish.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide active bid management support and lead all day to day bid activities for medium and complex bids
• Compile, issue and maintain the bid plan and compliance matrix, agreeing responsibilities and time frames with the appropriate sales lead
• Log and track risk throughout the tender process, highlighting areas of concern with the sales lead
• Manage and communicate to the bid team all bid-related interactions through the relevant client portal, including document management, CQs, messages and submission of completed responses
• Play a key role in scheduling and delivering bid team meetings (kick off, storyboarding sessions, key reviews, governance/sign off etc)
• Ensure the winning strategy and win themes are articulated effectively throughout the bid response, showing excellent appreciation of what the client needs
• Create, publish and submit tender response documents

For a full list of responsibilities please review the attached job description

The Ideal Candidate

• Able to communicate and influence at a senior level
• Proven capability in planning, producing and delivering compliant bids with the ability to manage multi-workstream opportunities and large numbers of contributors in a complex business environment
• Good understanding of risk management and mitigation
• Strong people management and networking skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• APMP certified at least Foundation level (or similar qualification or experience)
• A flexible approach to the working week to accommodate the peaks and troughs of the bid lifecycle

About The Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process