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Bid Manager - Defence & Nuclear

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Bid Manager - Defence & Nuclear
Role: Bid Manager
Day rate: Up to £550 p.d Outside IR35 DOE
Location: UK Hybrid, ability to travel to clients across the South of the UK
Clearance: SC cleared
We're looking to bring on board 2-3 bid managers to support multiple areas of a consulting client. The organisation is supporting UK Primes & integrators in GTM strategy and looking to hire bid managers for an initial 9 month period to work alongside them in bringing together a number of bids and proposals.
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The role will see you parachuted into the organisation's BD, Sales & PM team as well as working with the consultancy as they look to put together winning bid strategies within the Defence & Nuclear domain.
They're looking for individuals with a wealth of experience in Defence service or technology contracts that have previously been ported alongside existing sales and bid teams to bring about bid execution.
Location: The role will be predominantly home-based but will need to be able to travel to client sites across Bristol, London & Portsmouth when necessary.


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Skills:
- Experience managing bids within Defence or Nuclear
- Experience consulting into existing bid & sales teams.
- Experience of large scale bids across services or technology.
- SC Cleared or SC clearable
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