Bid Development Manager

Job Introduction

We are recruiting a Bid Development Manager to be part of our dynamic staff community.

The Bid Development Manager is responsible for (co)creating first class bids and solutions for our prospective clients in the private sector. Sodexo have a broad and complex matrix management structure in the region and globally. A bid has input from multiple stakeholders, SMEs, and departments. The BDM must act as a project manager to ensure we extract the information we need within tight time frames as well as engage and communicate with people effectively. This takes social intelligence, organization, tenacity, and strength. The Bid team must drive the process and sustain momentum.

Role Responsibility

The main responsibilities for this role include:

• Managing Sodexo’s Bid Management process
• Creating solutions with our Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Sales team
• Partnering with the pricing team to help them build accurate and optimised cost models
• Bid writing in partnerships with Business Development Managers and Business Development Directors
• Managing internal stakeholders and governance for bids and bid pipeline
• Creating and submitting submit RFIs / PQQs

The BDM will work on approximately six to eight bids a year, with each bid having a four-to-eight-week turnaround, on average. The team work remotely and come together for internal / external meetings

The Ideal Candidate

To be successful in this role, you will possess the tenacity, drive, and strength of personality, being some who takes accountability to get things done! Being creative and adaptable are essential skills for this role, coupled with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact and influence across all levels.

Project management experience is desirable, as well as relevant IFM experience. In return for your hard work and commitment, you’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary, plus access to range of benefits, including:

Package Description

For your hand work and dedication we offer a salary of between £55,000 and £65,000 plus bonus and access to excellent benefits.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process