Job Description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen with an established business in the Cardiff area with operations throughout the UK. This is a permanent opportunity for somebody to join a growing business in their bids team.

Duties

• Responsible for creating a detailed, technical, persuasive proposal - on behalf of one organisation to gain a business contract or offer of work from another.
• The primary responsibility will be to write high quality bid responses for new tenders.
• Responsible for introducing and co-ordinating the bid response process, developing, and maintaining a knowledge base of 'standard' answers and templates
• Identify ways to improve the quality, consistency, and efficiency of the bid response process.
• Liaise with other teams and senior stakeholders to ensure submissions are made on time and to the required quality.
• Compile, edit, and proofread commercial proposals which contain technical content and designs ensuring that these are presented in a professional and concise manner.
• Review and revise documents prepared by others and coordinate the preparation of those materials in a completed bid document.
• Determine the scope and timeline of new bids. Lead and co-ordinate the preparation of the bid ensuring that other contributors provide information on time to the correct standard answering the client's needs.
• Develop knowledge of the business, its products, and services by reading and review previous bid and design documents and spending time with presales, technical and commercial functions.
• Develop computer-based document store and reference materials.
• Review and improve other customer materials and develop a consistent set of standards for other commercial functions to follow.
• Develop and maintain a knowledge base of 'standard' answers and templates.
• Develop a set of standard templates for less complex bids.
• Build a strong understanding of Vista's core services and our USPs.
• Use internal CRM in order to capture all bid progress and activity.

Requirements

• The person needs to be able to demonstrate success in winning contracts that they have written a bid for
• The individual needs to be possess experience of writing technical bids
• The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate that they are to work individually and part of a team
• The individual will possess excellent knowledge of IT and/or the Public Sector
• The person will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills - written and verbally
• The person needs to demonstrate that they are able to manage a bid process which involves the management of collating information from key personnel within the business
• Effective interpersonal skills with ability to build rapport with customers both external and internal
• The successful candidate will possess a high level of computer skills, in particular Microsoft Office.

Benefits include

• Excellent salary dependent on qualifications and experience
• 23 days holiday a year in addition to bank holidays (when bank holidays are worked payment is made instead) - details to be provided at interview
• Private medical insurance for single and ability to pay for partner/children
• Life cover (Death in service) cover of 4 times basic
• Group Income Protection (Permanent health insurance) of 75% of salary less state benefit in event of long term illness or disability
• Employee Assistance Programme
• The People's Pension - 5% of "Qualifying Earnings" for the employee and 3% employer
• Voluntary cash plan for everyday medical expenses eg. Dental, optical, chiropody etc.
• Occupational sick pay entitlement after qualifying period of 13 weeks

Please apply now or contact Brook Street Cardiff for further information.