IRIS Software Group
Bid Management Executive
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📍 Manchester (Hybrid) | Full-Time
At IRIS Software Group, we're trusted by over 120,000 customers to power some of the UK's most important organisations. From schools and businesses to accountants and payroll teams, our software helps millions of people work smarter every day.
We're looking for an organised, proactive Bid Support Executive to join our growing Bid Management team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys project coordination, working to deadlines, and collaborating across multiple teams to help win new business.
If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy bringing structure to complex projects, we'd love to hear from you.
🚀 What you'll be doing
As a Bid Support Executive, you'll support the bid team throughout the full bid lifecycle, ensuring opportunities are managed efficiently and submissions are delivered to the highest standard.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the end-to-end bid process to ensure high-quality, compliant submissions are delivered on time.
- Managing and maintaining the tender alert platform, identifying and qualifying new opportunities that align with business priorities.
- Taking ownership of smaller bid submissions, including Expressions of Interest (EOIs), selection questionnaires, and market engagement responses.
- Managing framework agreements, ensuring documentation, compliance requirements, and renewal deadlines are tracked effectively.
- Acting as the team's APMP champion, keeping up to date with industry best practice and sharing knowledge across the wider team.
- Identifying opportunities to improve bid processes, templates, and tools.
- Supporting the creation of internal training materials and resources to promote bid management best practice.
- Maintaining bid content libraries and knowledge repositories.
- Building strong relationships with colleagues across Sales, Marketing, Product, Legal, and other subject matter experts.
- Ensuring all submissions meet IRIS quality standards, branding guidelines, and strategic objectives.
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✅ What we're looking for
We're looking for someone who is highly organised, detail-oriented, and enjoys working collaboratively.
You'll ideally have:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organisational and project management abilities.
- High attention to detail with excellent proofreading skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- A proactive approach with the confidence to work independently when required.
- A collaborative mindset and excellent stakeholder management skills.
- A genuine willingness to learn and continuously improve.
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Previous experience supporting bids, tenders, proposals, or project coordination would be advantageous but isn't essential.
🌟 Why join IRIS?
As part of our Bid Management team, you'll play a direct role in helping IRIS secure new business opportunities across multiple sectors.
Ready to apply?
If you're an organised, detail-focused professional who enjoys delivering high-quality work and wants to build a career in bid management, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today with your CV and become part of a team that's helping IRIS win business and make a real impact.
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