Bid Manager

Profile 20+ years of bid experience across the Private and Public Sectors in the US, Europe, the UK and Ireland in IT Managed Services, Digital Marketing & Transformation, Software Development, Capital Markets and Consultancy across the full range of procurement processes. Key Achievements Successful re-tender of existing managed service worth £80m and 150+ FTE. Sole responsibility for new business wins exceeding the previous year's company turnover. Shortlisted written proposal from 173 applicants to top 5 (subsequently won). Two major opportunity wins in one week (£11m) displacing Big 4 incumbent. Successfully tendered for many Government Frameworks including DOS & G-Cloud. Business process improvement: Development and implementation of bid processes including qualification; solution development; status updates; quality review; reporting; win / loss reviews and content reuse / management. Experience Bid Manager, managing responses according to company process, facilitating opportunity identification, qualification, managing timescales & deadlines, processing content from multiple contributors including third parties, review, submission and presentation development. Freelance Bid Writer encompassing end to end proposal development, creation, writing and submission with SMEs in industries spanning IT, FM, Blue Light, Fashion, Engineering and Professional Services. Other services this Associate can bring includes Bid Planning & management to meet deadlines, creating bespoke content in response to tender questions, re-organisation, re-ordering or re-writing responses for clarity, syntax, grammar, punctuation, spelling, format and / or consistency, making recommendations on graphics and diagrams, defining business rules for bid / no bid decisions and reviewing responses for completeness, alignment with requirements and compliance.

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