Bid Writer

Profile Accomplished Bid Writer, Marketer and Bid Trainer. Creates winning bids by focusing on prospect's business needs and matching solutions to those needs. Builds appealing propositions by presenting seller benefits to best effect. As a trainer, delivers first class courses on business writing, presenting business cases and bid writing to board, senior management and middle management levels. Recent bid writing market experience includes: Health, Energy, Telecoms and Information Technology. Key Achievements Managed the rewriting of the bid-library for major technology and Managed Communications Services Company. Improved win rate significantly. Bid Writer on £50m Health sector winning contract in 2015. Bid win-rate consistently over 70%. Delivered a programme of bidding best practice for major UK Telecommunications business. Improved win rates. Member of the CIM. Experience Over 20 years' experience as a Senior Marketer / Director in Technology businesses and as a Bid Manager and Bid Writer within winning bid teams. Familiar with dealing with and negotiating at CEO Level. Has experience of developing teams in bid best practice. Background in solutions and services and experience of bid campaign management. As a Marketer, is fully conversant with the bid process from sales capture through to bid submission and negotiation. Understands opportunity qualification, win strategies, commercial discussions and solution delivery. Excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing.