Bid Coordinator in Birmingham, United Kingdom

Role : Bid Coordinator – 12 month FTC

Location : Hybrid Working 2 days per week – Manchester or Birmingham

Package : Competitive salary + excellent benefits package

Role Purpose:

The role of the role of Bid Coordinator is to support the wider bid function and the other members of the team including sourcing opportunities through relevant portals to ensuring that internal governance and best practice is embedded, liaising with appropriate colleagues in BV network as required.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Identification of opportunities through effective use of relevant portals and other proactive activities; working towards targets

• Supporting the production of persuasive content for bids, ensuring Bureau Veritas is positioned as supplier of choice

• Liaison with internal and external stakeholders to communicate requirements, deadlines and expectations, identify and coordinate all required materials and to ensure bids are submitted on time, with consistency, and in a professional manner

• Updating and influencing key stakeholders on the progress of bids, and reporting to the Bid Manager and executive committee as required

• Support the production of monthly tracking of Sales and Revenue Performance in line with targets, along with trend analysis matching strategic requirements

• Maintaining data integrity and health of the CRM

• Support the UK Bid No Bid (Go / No Go) process and all related sub processes

• Maintaining a library of standard materials to ensure quick and professional submission of ITT, PQQ and bid submission

Experience & Skills Required

• Broad experience of working within a Formal Bid/Tender Setting, ideally gained in a fast-paced environment

• Exposure to private and public sector bids and tenders with in-depth knowledge of relevant portals would be highly desirable

• Experience of proactively identifying commercial opportunities and ownership of tenders from end to end

• Demonstrable communication skills

• Diligence and attention to detail

• A broad awareness and understanding of compliance and risk-based products and services would be advantageous

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills at all levels Strong project management experience and experienced in delivering as part of a cross functional/virtual team

• Skilled multi-tasker able to work well under pressure, with competing priorities

• Ideas driven, versatile and an enthusiastic self-starter

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary

• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays with the option to buy or sell 5 holidays, plus an option to carry over 5 days

• Combined employee/employer pension contributions of up to 12%

• Flexible working

• Flexible benefits scheme, to suit what is important to you including Life Cover, Private health care, Dental Care, GymFlex, Techscheme, Enhanced Maternity/Paternity policy, Give as You Earn scheme & Travel Insurance

• Health and Wellbeing Support through; Mental Health First aiders, Employee Assistance programme & Smart Health services

• Working for an Industry leading global Inspection company

Why Bureau Veritas

Flexible working patterns available to ensure that you maintain career progression and a healthy work life balance.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, which is why we have worked hard to create a supportive and engaging culture, where individuals are given the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

At Bureau Veritas you can benefit from a busy and varied client facing environment, working with market leaders across a wide range of sectors including but not limited to:

Food manufacturing, Chemical manufacturing, Banking, Retail, Logistics, Power and Utilities including Nuclear, Automotive, Public Sector, Mobile Plant, Emergency Services, Transport and Construction.

We pride ourselves on our partnership approach, which means you will be encouraged to develop strong client relationships – combining technical expertise with service excellence to exceed your clients’ expectations.