Head of Bid Management

Swindon | Permanent, full-time
| £100,000 - £110,000 per annum

Ref: MB906 (12 hours ago)

MB906: Head of Bid Management
Location: Swindon
Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 + Car Allowance
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP

Overview:

First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Head of Bid Management on a permanent basis due to growth based at their Swindon depot.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To provide strategic management to bid teams.
Ensuring bid teams are established to perform and meet the work winning targets.
Ensuring that Company and Corporate governance/ procedures are adhered to at all stages of bids.
Leading, motivating and energising bid teams and individuals.
Coaching, encouraging and maintaining positivity within teams.
Proactive participation and contribution to the Work Winning leadership team.
Ability to monitor and influence multiple bids concurrently.
Ability to solve challenging problems and influence others to get excellent results.
Ability to achieve desired outcomes from individuals and groups not immediately within the work winning team.
Liaising, leading and removing barriers for other work winning functions to ensure adequate support to successful tenders.
Engaging with the wider operational team to gain buy-in before, during and after bidding.
Liaising with Operations and Project Directors to ensure full support of bid development.
Filtering of key information to senior team as required to facilitate timely and informed decision making.
Proactively identifying and solving issues within organisation, individual and logistics to facilitate bid process and production.
Able to encourage and harness creative and imaginative proposals from within team encouraging development of the best possible solution.
Driving, developing and reviewing bid strategies regularly through the bid process
Aligning Bid strategies with sector and organisational aims and aspirations.
Reviewing the tender process at internal reviews to ensure it allows creative thinking and improvement.
Recruitment and agency appointments as required.
Chair bid managers regular meetings.
Line management of Bid Managers.

Skills and Qualifications:

Solid understanding of contract, technical and pricing processes to allow challenge of proposed strategies.
Solid understanding of industry processes, able to lead storyboard sessions as required, challenge preconceptions and clear understanding of features and benefits within a submission.
Sound knowledge of the UK construction market.
Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation.
Sound knowledge of Civil Engineering.
Commercial awareness of different forms of contract.
Strong presentation and client communication skills.

Swindon, UK