Bid Executive

Cundall Johnston & Partners LLP; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A multidisciplinary consultancy in Birmingham is seeking a Bid Executive to oversee the bid management process. This role involves delivering high-quality written content, driving bid strategy, and managing the submissions team. Ideal candidates will have a degree, three years of relevant experience, and proficiency in InDesign. The position offers an opportunity to work within a diverse team and contribute toward innovative consultancy solutions.

Qualifications

• Approximately three years of experience in a bid writing/marketing/business development role.
• Proven experience in a professional services or consultancy environment.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the bid management function and ensure high-quality content delivery.
• Manage the bid process with the marketing team and senior technical staff.
• Conduct research on local opportunities and analyse feedback from submissions.

Skills

Bid writing

Competent use of InDesign

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Team management

Education

Degree in relevant field

Tools

Adobe InDesign

MS Office

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Job description

Location

• Birmingham- Europe
• Manchester- Europe

Role Professional Support (Qualified / Experienced / Advisory)

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The Team

Cundall is a multi-disciplinary consultancy, offering a wide variety of engineering and sustainability services, together with complementary specialisms, from locations across the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and North Africa.

Cundall’s UK Submissions team plays a critical role across the global business. The team wor k across all offices, services and sectors to ensure Cundall continues to be recognised as a world-leading expert in innovative and sustainable design engineering.

This is made possible by the team’s open and collaborative approach to dialogue and creative thinking and our shared ambition to collectively achieve great things.

The Role

In line with the continuing growth of our business in the UK and internationally, we now wish to appoint a Bid Executive to take a leading role in the UK Submissions team and take ownership of the bid process, team continuity and associated work-winning activities at Cundall.

The role will include overseeing the bid management function and working with UK Submissions team to deliver exceptional written content, ensuring adherence to approved methods of working, driving the global bid strategy and making recommendations for improvement to the Bid Manager and wider senior Cundall team.

Core responsibilities include:

Bids and Tenders

• Deliver bids and tenders in InDesign and Word. Competent use of InDesign is an essential requirement for this role.
• Drive and reinforce bid strategy, management and deliverables throughout
• Manage the bid process to completion, working with marketing team and senior technical staff to write, develop and refine bespoke responses
• Thoroughly quality check tender documents prior to submission via electronic portal, digital submissions and / or hard copy
• Ad-hoc management of junior submissions team members on all bid-related information
• Travel as necessary to Cundall offices to assist with and drive bid delivery
• General due diligence, ownership and accountability

Business Development

• Undertake research (for instance on local opportunities, clients and developers), as instructed by senior staff
• Analyse trends and feedback from submissions team across local region, work with and present to sector leaders as necessary to establish local strategy and targets

Marketing Communications

• Lead workshops and create presentations in MS PowerPoint and hard copy versions for post-tender interviews

The Skills

Educated to degree level or equivalent in relevant field, with approximately three years experience of working in a bid writing/marketing/business development role. You will have proven experience of working in a professional services and/or consultancy environment and experience of working strategically and independently, coordinating closely with multiple stakeholders to achieve objectives. You will possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills. You will also need strong experience with a range of industry-standard programmes (MS Office, SharePoint, Adobe InDesign, Acrobat, Bluebeam Revu etc).

The following competencies are considered critical to success in this role:

• Competent use of InDesign
• Writing and Reporting
• Working with People
• Following Instructions and Procedures
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations

We know that to be the best at what we do we need a diverse workforce underpinned by an inclusive culture. Creating environments where everyone can find joy doing their best work is also great for everyone. That’s why we positively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, and encourage, support, and celebrate the diverse voices of our people.