The Bid Manager runs our presales activity in delivering compelling submissions to our future clients.

What you’ll be doing
* Contract and governance for Reed Talent Solutions associates, as well as governance for all suppliers providing resources to projects
* Provide associate support, act as a first point of contact for all contract and time-sheet queries and maintenance of contractor and supplier records to ensure data accuracy
* Audit and compliance for all accounts to ensure a high level of compliance is met.
* Liaise with the PMO, resource managers, account owners and other stakeholders to manage key business requirements
* Maintain good process and quality of documentation to associates and the business
* Manage relationships with third party suppliers and ensure that outsourced screening service providers consistently meet their service level agreements
* Evaluate and manage requests for limited company exceptions
* To manage the process around expenses, insurance and contract queries and ensure escalations are managed where risks occur up to director level
* Manage expectations of account owners regarding risks to the business as a whole
* Keep an accurate risk and issues log
* Liaising with internal and external contact and third-party suppliers to ensure continuity of service, e.g., screening and umbrella companies alongside managed service and resourcing departments
* Providing professional service/support to internal stakeholders for all new and existing associates
* Responding to a range of queries in a timely fashion, channelling to the most appropriate area as and when required

Key relationships
* Current and future Reed clients
* Internal account stakeholders
* Reed leadership team
* Client compliance teams
* Support supplier network
* Reed group compliance teams
* External suppliers for screening and compliance services

Experience:
* 3 years or plus in bid management/presales
* Hands on experience of designing and composing sales submissions
* Ability to work under pressure and meet tight timescales
* Ability to multi-task, working on several projects at any given time
* Ability to assimilate sales strategies and offerings to market
* Experience of leading workshops to establish win themes
* Proactive with the willingness to meet customer requirements
* Experience of shaping bids, identifying win themes, SWOT analysis
* Excellent standard of written English