Bid Manager (Permanent)

Are you an experienced Bid Manager professional,ready to be a part of one of the fastest-growing, travel management companies in the country? Do you have travel industry experience and the skills to clearly articulate Diversity Travel’s value proposition?

Reporting to our Sales and Marketing Director, you will project manage response to tenders and proposals in line with our bid management process.  This is a role that requires an ability to work under pressure and to demanding deadlines; we’re looking for a Bid Manager with proven skills in producing and editing very high-quality proposal content within a complex business environment. 

Our Head Office is in central Manchester and we’re also open to applications from candidates based in London and potentially across the UK.

Benefits:

• A competitive salary (to £50k depending on experience)
• Excellent opportunities for progression in a fast-growing company
• 23.5 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension
• Discounted staff travel
• Life Assurance
• Season ticket loan Childcare vouchers
• Central offices
• Team nights out

Bid Manager Responsibilities:

• Monitoring online sources to identify new tender releases.
• Assisting the Opportunity Manager with planning for presentation ensuring bid messages flow through to presentation.
• Proposing revisions to the Bid Management Process to ensure it remains both effective and efficient.
• Maintaining KPIs on the speed of response and the success rate of bids.
• Managing the feedback process for both wins and losses to ensure we maintain a continuous improvement philosophy in bid management.
• Develop a library of best practice responses and content to ensure we continuously build our bid response capability and enhance the overall quality of our responses.

The ideal Bid Manager will have:

• Proven success in bid writing within a complex business environment.
• Demonstrable ability to write focused and compelling content.
• Experienced in project managing the bid process.
• Ability to communicate and influence at a senior level.
• Strong time management and prioritisation skills.
• Strong written and verbal English language skills with extensive vocabulary.
• High attention to detail with excellent editing and proofing skills.
• Advanced MS Word skills & proficient in MS Office.
• Ideally experience of working with public sector clients
• Experience of coordinating and updating a knowledgebase system (e.g. Microsoft Dynamics).
• Degree educated (ideally English Literature) or journalistic / professional writing background.
• Certified to APMP Foundation or Practitioner Level desirable.

The Company

Welcome to Diversity Travel – We’re a leading travel management company for the charity and academic communities.  We’re proud and passionate about what we do in helping our clients understand and save money on their travel and accommodation.

• We’re proud and passionate about what we do.
• We embrace diversity and treat everyone with respect and trust.
• We always look to improve our products, services and ourselves.
• We keep the customer at the heart of everything we do.

So, if you’re an experienced Bid Manager and would like to be a part of one of the fastest-growing, specialist travel management companies, then please get in touch; we’d love to hear from you, please click ‘apply’ to register your interest for the Bid Manager position!