Bid Manager

The Bid Manager is responsible for organising all bid team activity following a defined bid process, delivering industry leading document submissions and facilitating the production of high-quality customer presentations.

What you'll do

Bid Project Management

• Manage the end-to-end bid process: project manage the bid process and response from the receipt of the PQQ or RFP
• Planning and administration of bid internal communication in the bid team and with other key stakeholders in the organisation (working closely with the bid opportunity owner)
• Management of the virtual bid team and operational management of bid projects (in-time, in-quality, resource, deliverables) with the focus on the bid management of tasks in the bid team
• Planning and tracking of agreed internal and external bid delivery dates and ensuring completeness and consistency of the respective contributors within the bid team

Bid Document Management

• Planning and ownership of the handling the bid documents including ownership of bid collaboration portal for document management and effective collaborative working
• Collects, prepares and integrates standard proposal content as well as customised bid content for the customer
• Contributing to the written proposal (including providing guidance around the executive summary)
• Responsible for the quality of offer documents and presentations (realisation of Bid and Presentation Story, format, spelling), taking into account the individuality of different customers
• Closure of bid projects (provision of content for re-use into standard knowledge & bid libraries)

The Bid Manager is also expected to:

• Support the documentation of bid strategy, differentiators, win themes, key messages and content for proposals and presentations
• Support of customer specific campaigns, coordination of marketing support, ensuring Computacenter brand compliance
• Participation of/in projects to increase effectiveness / efficiency of presales projects
• Self-starting and results driven though clear prioritisation of bid deliverables, and management of bid activities to meet customer bid deadlines
• Willingness to learn, to apply what has been learnt, to build up knowledge and experience
• Delivery and promotion of Computacenter Group Bid Management Service
• Contribution to Group Customer References programme for winning bids worked on

What you'll need

• Adequate professional public sector bidding experience
• Awareness of bidding industry and best practice (i.e. APMP, Shipley) - APMP certification (or similar) or equivalent qualification is desirable
• Comparable experience in management of tasks and people delivering the tasks (without management responsibility)
• Strong business acumen with the ability to use relevant company bid data sources
• Managing and minimising risk to bid deliverables and ensuring we always have the customer and customer deliverables in mind
• Experienced in document creation, collaboration and management using Office 365 tools including SharePoint, MS Teams etc.
• Strong organisational skills, able to manage multiple priorities
• Able to think creatively and find pragmatic solutions
• Ability to work under time pressure
• You'll bring an authentic approach and humble mindset, being respectful and open to all cultures and backgrounds
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written in Dutch, French and English