Senior Bid Manager

Base Location: Reading or London preferred but can be located from either Manchester or Glasgow

Salary: £50,100 - £75,100 + car /car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time  | Flexible First options available

The role

Reporting to the Head of Business Development and Work Winning and operating within the Business Development function, the Senior Bid Manager will be accountable for all aspects of bid management on their assigned bids from initial capture management and market testing stages until contract signature. Working closely with other members of the BD team, they will develop work winning strategies, create virtual teams and demonstrate expert level communication skills in order to influence both internal and external stakeholders, typically at C-Suite level.

The Senior Bid Manager will lead the bid activity and liaise with internal engineering, preconstruction, commercial, finance and legal functions to develop and help close projects achieving SSE’s investment requirements. They will build relationships with key internal and external stakeholders at senior levels for each bid that they lead.

You will

Lead and motivate high performing virtual teams for each bid in order to deliver high scoring and bid winning opportunities for the business. Specifically this will require you to:

• Build Strategic Relationships with internal and external stakeholders at senior levels to facilitate execution of bids and maintain these relationships throughout the project lifecycle.

• Drive strategy and proposition development in support of the specific opportunities.
• Support business case development for new or improved propositions.
• Embed Social Value propositions into bid proposals.
• Work closely with BD and other functions, to ensure that the proposition is integrated within a wider offering to the market.
• Support Business Development in identifying growth opportunities.  This includes collaborating with business development teams to identity and pursue new market opportunities.

You have

To be successful in this role you will either be an experienced bid professional or have transferable skills that will enable you to deliver winning bids.   Of particular importance for this role is the need demonstrate:

• The ability to combine commercial analysis with early-stage concepts to provide effective bid qualification.
• Experience of devising win strategies addressing client needs based upon the principles of large-scale structured procurement.
• Experience of building large virtual teams quickly and leading them a pressurised environment with the ability to respond constructively to conflicting priorities
• Highly developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills to build relationships with clients, understand their needs, and manage expectations throughout the bid process.
• You are a team player, able to work with colleagues at all levels. A high energy individual, who is self-motivated and inspiring for others. 

About SSE

SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're investing around £10 million a day in homegrown energy to help power a cleaner, more secure future. Our investment will see us build the world's largest offshore wind farm and transform the grid to deliver greener electricity to millions.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact zoe.gillespie@sse.com  to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

Ready to apply?

Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.

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