Bid Manager

Business & Product Management
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪
December 7, 2024

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Job Description

Job Description

We are seeking to recruit a Bid Manager to join the Atkins Middle East Planning, Design and Engineering Team. The Bid Manager will work with the Win Work Bid Managers, Head of Proposals and Technical Disciplines to undertake a broad range of enabling and coordination activities. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience across the full breadth of the Atkins Planning, Design & Engineering win work activities.

Key responsibilities:

  • Leads capture planning / win strategy planning sessions to achieve approvals in-line with submission deadlines

  • Executes and drives corporate governance processes, systems and procedures

  • Ensures the effective use of the process and tools, for all bids, to maximize the opportunity of winning

  • Liaises with technical teams to ensure a robust response to the technical requirements is achieved

  • Works with the PD&E leadership and technical teams to ensure a robust commercial offering is developed

  • Ensures a winning, compliant, error free document arrives with the client in the correct format, meeting the deadline

  • Provides organization and structure for bid teams to ensure effective and efficient work and use of time

  • Generates top down financial estimates, use benchmarking tools to support financial models

  • Manages the production of all bid documents ensuring they meet required quality standards and time deadlines

  • High level understanding of commercials required

  • Leads the interview/presentation ensuring the team has the correct level of creative input and coaching support to enable a winning approach

  • Enacts change in the organization by driving improvements and doing things differently

Requirements:

The successful candidate will:

  • Lead the bid process from capture stage to project appointment

  • Have experience in the Middle East Design Consultancy Sector

  • Be assertive, enthusiastic and highly organized, methodical and flexible

  • Possess strong people leadership skills

  • Have confidence to approach colleagues and stakeholders all levels to progress activities and resolve issues

  • Work under time pressure and deadlines

  • Be educated to Degree level or equivalent Professional qualifications, preferably in design / construction related field or business / marketing

  • Have a minimum of 5 years working in a Work Winning, bids and proposals position

  • Ideally have experience of working in a professional services environment

  • Possess Advanced skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Dynamics CRM, and Adobe Acrobat InDesign, and

  • Be experienced in leading and facilitating workshops to drive winning strategies

Rewards & Benefits:

We offer an excellent package which includes:

  • A competitive salary

  • Transportation allowance

  • Medical and life insurance cover

  • 22 calendar days annual leave

  • Medical and life insurance cover

  • Company gratuity scheme

  • Discretionary bonus scheme

  • Annual flight allowance to point of origin

Worker TypeEmployee

Job TypeRegular

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