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Senior Bid Manager
Senior Bid Manager - Construction Team
Location
10 Chiswell Street, London
Hours
40 per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
Important Note
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering complex, high-value bids for a leading construction business. As a Senior Bid Manager, you'll collaborate with talented teams across the business and supply chain, helping to secure projects that make a real difference to communities across the UK. From education and healthcare to defence and infrastructure, you'll be instrumental in shaping winning strategies that bring our vision to life.
Responsibilities
- Planning and delivering compelling, high-quality bids that respond to client requirements and showcase our strengths
- Leading bid strategy development, bringing together internal and external stakeholders to create winning themes
- Managing bid programmes, governance processes, and risk mitigation throughout the tender lifecycle
- Writing and reviewing quality responses to ensure our value propositions are clear and competitive
- Mentoring and guiding other bid managers, sharing best practice and contributing to continuous improvement
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Requirements
This role of Senior Bid Manager is great for you if:
- You have extensive experience developing bid-win strategies and delivering high-quality submissions to tight deadlines
- You possess excellent organisational and communication skills, with a collaborative approach
- You have a keen eye for detail and take pride in producing polished, professional work
- You're confident using MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to create engaging content
- You enjoy working with diverse teams and have the ability to guide and inspire others
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
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Rewards and Benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and Inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
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