Sodexo
Senior Bid Manager
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Full time
Monday-Friday
Competitive per annum plus our Sodexo employee benefits package
Opportunities for professional development
Senior Bid Manager
Location: Home-based (UK) with occasional travel across the UK and Ireland
At Sodexo, we’re passionate about our people. We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.
Sodexo is in the middle of an exciting growth programme, having recently won several major global and national contracts across Integrated Facilities Management and Food Services. To keep that momentum going, we're looking for an ambitious Senior Bid Manager to join the team and help us land the next wave of wins.
Some people write bids. You're going to build them: the strategy, the story, the design, the polish that turns a proposal into a win.
As Senior Bid Manager, you'll be the driving force behind first-class bids for some of the biggest names in tech, finance, media, FMCG, pharma, life sciences and professional services, working shoulder-to-shoulder with Business Development Directors and our sharpest subject matter experts to co-create solutions that genuinely stand out.
This is a back-of-house role with a front-row seat to some of Sodexo's most important deals. Fast-paced, high-stakes, and never boring.
Key responsibilities
- Owning end-to-end bid management, driving momentum across tight, high-pressure timelines
- Co-designing winning solutions with Business Development Directors/Managers and Subject Matter Experts
- Leading bid writing and directing our SoCreative team so every final document looks outstanding
- Running special projects tied to a bid, from bespoke websites and videos to standout creative
- Partnering with the pricing team to help build accurate, optimised cost models
- Managing internal stakeholders and governance across the bid pipeline
- Getting hands-on with client engagement when it counts
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What we're looking for:
- Tenacity, drive and real strength of personality: you take accountability and get things done
- Adaptable, flexible, and a natural team player
- Creative, articulate, and genuinely excellent with written English, able to make a bid exciting to read, not just accurate
- Excellent people skills and charisma
- Strong customer service instincts and emotional/social intelligence
- Project management know-how (no formal qualification required)
- At least 3 years' relevant IFM experience across Food, Soft FM or Hard FM. Strong in one area? We'll help you grow the rest
- Advanced skills in MS Word, Teams and PowerPoint
- APMP Foundation certification or higher (desirable)
Why Sodexo?
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.
- Belong in a company and team that values you for you.
- Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.
- Thrive in your own way.
We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:
- Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
- Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
- Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
- Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
- Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
- Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
- Sodexo UK and Ireland's enhanced benefits and leave policies
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A little more about Sodexo
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.
We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.
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