Loom Talent
Senior Bids and Tender Manager - 3PL Contract Logistics
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Role: Senior Bids and Tender Manager - 3PL Contract Logistics
Sector: 3PL Contract Logistics
Location: UK/Midlands travel
Package: £70,000 - £80,000 + £6k Car / Allowance, 15% Bonus & Package
The Company
Loom Talent have been exclusively engaged by an established global 3PL provider, who have a primary focus on delivering unrivalled levels of service and innovative warehousing & transport solutions across the UK. The business boasts an already impressive UK customer portfolio spanning; Retail, E-Commerce, Fashion and FMCG.
This role offers a flexible location across the UK, with midlands travel 2-3 days a week.
Key Duties of a Senior Bids and Tender Manager - 3PL Contract Logistics
- End-to-End Bid Management - Lead the full bid life cycle - from qualification and strategy development to submission and post-submission clarifications.
- Tender Qualification & Risk Assessment - Evaluate bid opportunities for strategic fit, commercial viability, and operational deliverability, ensuring alignment with business capability and risk appetite.
- Bid Strategy & Solution Design - Collaborate with commercial, operations, finance, and IT teams to develop compelling, cost-effective, and innovative logistics solutions tailored to client needs.
- Commercial Modelling & Pricing Oversight - Lead the creation of pricing models and costings, ensuring accuracy, competitiveness, and profitability across multi-site and multi-service solutions (e.g. warehousing, transport, value-added services).
- Content Creation & Proposal Writing - Write and develop high-quality, persuasive, and compliant tender responses, executive summaries, and supporting documentation aligned to client specifications.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Project Management - Coordinate cross-functional internal teams and manage timelines to deliver high-quality bid submissions on time and in full.
- Client Interface & Clarification Handling - Engage with prospective clients to clarify requirements, present bid strategies, and support negotiation processes where required.
- Market Intelligence & Benchmarking - Stay abreast of industry trends, competitor activities, and market pricing to inform bid positioning and decision-making.
- Continuous Improvement - Drive bid process enhancements, maintain a library of proposal content, and implement lessons learned for future submissions.
- Governance & Compliance - Ensure all bids comply with internal governance, legal, and commercial standards, as well as any regulatory or contractual requirements.
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The Candidate
The successful candidate for the Senior Bids and Tender Manager - 3PL Contract Logistics opportunity will have the following skills and experiences:
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- A Logistics Distribution and Supply Chain Background - Essential.
- A minimum of 3+ years Bids or Tender management experience - Essential.
- Proven 3PL experience - Highly Advantageous.
- Previously managed Tender processes in excess of £10m - Advantageous.
- The ability to create solutions-minded teams to collectively collaborate to provide industry-leading solutions - Essential.
- Prior commercial knowledge of the UK logistics and warehousing market - Advantageous.
- A proven ability to create and successfully present to prospective clients - an able user of Microsoft Office - Highly Advantageous.
- An individual truly excited by large-scale growth challenges - Essential.
- Commutable to the UK Wide - with travel to the Midlands region c. 2 days per week - Essential.
The Package
- Salary - £70,000 to £80,000.
- Company Car / Car Allowance (£6,000).
- 15% Company Bonus Scheme.
- 25 Days + 8 Bank Holidays.
- Pension Contributions.
- Private Health Care.
- Annual Salary Life Assurance.
- Plus additional company benefits.
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If you're ready to take ownership of the full bid lifecycle, develop winning strategies and play a key role in securing high-value logistics contracts, this could be the opportunity for you.
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