Job Title: Assistant Bid Manager
Location: Ridham, Sittingbourne, Kent
Salary: £30,000 – £40,000 per annum
Job type: Permanent, Full-time
Working Hours: Monday – Friday
Countrystyle is a member of the family-owned Heathcote Holdings Group of resource management companies and as a family run business our people and customers are at the heart of our growth and drive for passion for solution focused service.
About the role:
The Bid Team is responsible for managing the tender process for the Waste Group, within Heathcote Holdings, securing contracts in the public and private sectors. The Assistant Bid Manager will support the Bid Manager in all aspects of the bidding process. The team will be working on multiple bids as part of the Company’s expansion plans.
Note: in addition to these functions, employees are required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the Bid Team mailbox and opportunity alerts
- Assist with, and lead, tender process
- Assist with and compile questionnaire responses
- Compose written question responses
- Support management and up keep of the tender information library
- Liaise with departments across the business to gain new and up to date information
- Create, develop and maintain boiler plate text
- Participate in project launches and handovers
- Review and analyse customer issued documents
- Keep internal tender and opportunity trackers up to date and manage external trackers
- Support and deliver miscellaneous tasks and projects
- Customer portal and project correspondence support and management
- Assist with the management of the internal tender tracker
The above list is not exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post. Job descriptions are regularly reviewed to ensure they are an accurate representation of the post.
About you:
Essential Skills:
- Excellent IT Skills
- Strong written and verbal English skills
- Good communication skills
- Good time management and can work to deadlines.
- Proven experience of project management
- Excellent time management
- Self-motivated and team player who is able to manage their own workload
Desirable Requirements:
- Bid Writing
Essential Experience:
- Experience of working in a similar role where data accuracy, working on projects and document writing has been demonstrated
Desirable Experience:
- Previous experience of bidding or tender processes
- Experience of the waste and recycling industry would be advantageous but not essential
Qualifications:
GCSE or equivalent in English & Maths
Benefits:
- Company Pension
- Company events
- On site parking
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wellness programme
- Investment in career development
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Overseas candidates will NOT be considered for this role. We are not sponsoring Visa’s at this time, so please refrain from applying unless eligible to work in the UK.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job title of; Bids & Proposals, Bids Coordinator, Coordinator Senior Bids, Coordinator, Proposals Coordinator, Bid Manager, Tender Process Manager, Proposals Manager, Senior Bid Manager, Tender Bid Manager, Digital Bid Manager, Public Sector Bid Specialist, Public Sector Marketing, Digital Solutions, Technical Bid Manager, Bid Writing Manager, Bid Writing Co-ordinator, RFT Manager, RFP Manger will also be considered for this role.
