Bid Consultant

Profile Seasoned, security cleared (CTC), multi-lingual Bid Consultant, in a variety of roles including bid direction / coordination, bid management and bid writing. An in-depth understanding of UK and European major tender processes, gained through over two decades of living and working in Europe and operating across sectors as diverse as Healthcare, Telecoms and Energy, is evidenced through successful wins of £multi-million OJEU bids. A confident, articulate and empathetic individual, able quickly to gain the trust needed, at all levels, and with the clear-sightedness to understand, convey and deliver the desired results with the utmost clarity and brevity. Key Achievements Major successes have included acting as the Bid Coordinator for a successful £26m Telecoms bid, for Getronics, where coordination was required of multiple European teams across three countries, within a challenging timescale of only 8 days, being part of the bid team for NG Bailey, winning the electrical rewiring contract for the refurbishment of Ascot Racecourse, various high-value VAS (Valued Added Services) contracts for several European telecoms providers including Panafon (now Vodafone Greece), Teledenmark and Sonera Finland and multiple high-value IT Healthcare system bids, focused around patient administration (PAS) systems. Experience A senior level strategic Consultant, with over 30 years' experience, much of it gained working with (and for) major multi-national, multi-lingual companies, in marketing, sales, pre-sales and product management, often with departmental or divisional fiscal responsibility. Focused predominantly on Telecoms and Healthcare, with forays into Construction and Energy - showing a transferable the skill set - strengths include the capability to rapidly assess what is needed in specific situations, combined with the persuasiveness of character to convince teams to follow the mapped path leading to timely and successful conclusions.