Salary: £25,500 – £27,000 + Benefit

To assist in the end-to-end bid process, helping craft compelling proposals that align with client requirements
and enhance the organisation’s ability to secure new business opportunities
We are looking for a graduate that is creative, with a good command of the English language and a passion for
crafting winning documents and proposals. Do you have good organisational abilities and attention to detail? If
so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Bid/Proposal writing support 

• Helping to develop the bid strategy with Sales Managers and the Technical Bid Manager
• Creating bidding support documents, working collaboratively with Subject Matter Experts and Project
• Teams to ensure exciting content is woven into proposals creating compelling narratives to ensure bids are engaging.
• Editing, and preparing bid submissions or proposals for client questionnaires.
• Completion of supply forms which form part of the bidding process.
• Completing Quality sections of tender responses to the highest standards and scores
• Ensuring submissions complies with the Clients requirements.
• Using and monitoring a wide variety of tender websites and client portals including uploading bid responses.
• Following up on the competition and bid submissions for feedback.
• Assist with the creation of sales and marketing collateral

Supply-chain Management

• Seeking out suppliers based on the requirements of the Invitation to Tender (ITT)
• Producing and sending out requests to Tender documents to potential suppliers. Checking the suppliers are compliant with PDS and Clients specifications. Incorporating customer Tender responses into our Tender return

Quality Management

• Proof reading Bids Prior to submission for spelling, grammar and to ensure bid contains required information to ensure a successful, winning bid.
• To work towards improving and enhancing the standard and effectiveness of written responses in conjunction with the Bid Manager.
• Review bid documents and pull together previous relevant bids and best practice answers to form a library/database.

Required Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• Excellent written communication skills.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Qualified to at least HND level. Ideally in a relevant subject, such as Sales, Marketing, English or Engineering.
• Excellent IT competency with Word, Excel and PowerPoint (Word and Excel are mandatory.)
• Working technical knowledge of control systems or engineering would be an advantage.
• Strong supplier and client management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines with the ability to prioritise.
• Flexibility and adaptability to juggle a range of different tasks and to work extra hours to meet deadlines