Bid Manager

Providing independent services to airports and corporations around the world since 1985, CHS deliver quality services, products and solutions utilising expertise and knowledge gathered from years of wide-ranging experience.

£45,000m - £55,000 depending on experience.

Permanent, full-time

CHS Engineering Services are looking to recruit a Bid Manager to manage and work with the bidding team, completing bids, PQQ documents, supplier forms, proposals, and general business development submissions, to existing or prospective clients, on time.

Experience and Qualifications

• APMP qualification
• Experience of working in a similar, high pressure environment
• Experience in the Engineering / Airport industry

Skills

• A team player with the ability to work with, and coordinate, people at all levels
• Possess creative ideas and work with graphics to translate these into interesting and attractive client facing material
• Expert in Microsoft Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Intermediate level of Adobe InDesign
• Previous experience of tender management
• Excellent presentation skills
• High levels of planning and organisation
• Excellent numeracy
• Must understand and conform to the principals of confidentiality
• Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise
• High levels of attention to detail
• A strong work ethic
• Experience working on tender portals would also be beneficial

Duties will include but are not limited to:

Resourcing, planning, scheduling, development and production for tenders and pre-qualification documents. The primary focus is to produce a winning proposal. The Bid Manager will be involved in every aspect of the submission and employ an excellent appreciation of what the client needs and how best to articulate the way the company provides that. Responsible for client contact before, during, and after the proposal is submitted, conforming to the prospect's rules. The Bid Manager will also conduct client / competitor analysis and identify critical success factors, working closely with and coordinating the core bidding team, bringing in subject matter experts as required and producing the pricing element of all bids.