The Role:

Salary: Negotiable Market Leading Base Salary, Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Location: London (with some hybrid working)

My client is a rapidly growing international organisation offering a range of solutions to the global Financial & Professional Services sector. As part of their exciting growth plans an opportunity exists to join one of their independent key business entities in a Bid Management role, a key appointment as they continue to pursue accelerated growth.

* Reporting into the Business Development Director this key role would oversee the incoming expressions of interest from prospective clients, responding to RFP requests via coordination with key internal stakeholders and subject matter experts.
* Development of creative and compelling materials, presentations, case studies which deliver the commercial proposition in a competitive and timely fashion.
* Maintain CRM for new business opportunities sourced across the division, including record of wins and losses and running associated reports the businesses require on a regular basis.
* Prospect management in liaison with Directors and key stakeholders, managing lists and activities via reports and regular MI, and working in partnership with relevant team members to ensure momentum kept consistently high.
* Supporting the broader business development team and group divisions more generally on reports, research, marketing and competitor analysis.

The Person

* Ideally degree educated with further professional development in a commercial related arena.
* Previous bid/tender management experience ideally gained within a professional, financial, or legal services industry, with a firm or firms with high reputational standing.
* Personal characteristics are crucial to success in this role, candidates should be self starters, take decisions and oversee bids/able independently where applicable.
* Excellent rapport building and communication skills, and confidence in communicating and working effectively with multiple stakeholders across the group and externally.
* Attention to detail, with strong creative writing skills, analysing documentation and copy effectively.
* Comfortable working to deadlines and organisation skills more generally are a critical part of the role, which would include aligning internal priorities to stakeholder availability as an example.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading organisation at an exciting time. Alongside their compelling salary and bonus, they also offer a very generous pension contribution, private medical and the ability to ’buy and sell’ holidays. The role is based from their London office, offering hybrid working, with travel to their other UK locations as required.

If you feel you have the qualities our client is seeking, please forward your CV and covering letter indicating your current package to Lee Rankin at GEM Partnership or for a discreet conversation call our Co Durham office.

GEM Partnership is acting as an employment agency on this vacancy.