Bid Manager

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Bid / Proposal ManagerTelford6 Months The Finance Market Unit Proposal Manager will work closely with the end clients account team, particularly the Innovate and Transform (I&T) team, to support the ambition for growth. Within I&T, the Bid Management team handles both competitive bids and various types of non-competitive statements of work. The focus of your roleThe Proposal Manager will provide the following service offerings in the Bid Management Community:E2e production and management of specific proposals as directed by the Proposal Management Lead (e.g. writing proposals, attending client inception events, pricing, approvals, and stakeholder management).Supporting continuous improvement of the proposals process (e.g. helping apply lessons learnt, updating guidance, assisting with training and comms).Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders, anticipate their needs, both short term and long term, to drive efficiencies along with consistent delivery of processes and tooling.You will play your part as a member of the Bid Management Community in contributing to first-class end-to-end solutions in your tasks. Support and/or play an active role in delivering high standards and ways of working and apply them to your role.The Proposals Manager will maintain and develop their skills, experience and capability in line with the needs of the business, role and assignments.What you'll doProduction of BAU proposals including collating delivery content and writing contentProducing pricing artefacts for proposalsManaging proposals through the internal review and approval processCreation and maintenance of proposal scheduleUpdate reporting tooling accurately and timely including SalesForce and local plannersWork to I&T and the end clients MU processes and policiesManage budgets for chargeable proposal management effortManage budgets for opportunities which have received Sign On budgetSupport the wider Bid Management Community as requiredAttend Client Inception Events as requiredExperience requiredProposal Management / Bid Management experienceExcellent proposal writing skillsExcellent stakeholder engagement with the ability to interact, engage, influence and have credibility at all levelsConfident communication skills and energyA passion for change and proactively encouraging new ideasInnovative, open minded and progressive in thinkingAbility to work in complex environments, on large portfolios of work being able to multitaskHave an in-depth understanding of Project Management methodologies and associated tools knowledge (eg project finances & planning).Competent user of MS Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint & Outlook.If this role is of interest to you, please submit your CV in the first instance.