
Bid Manager
- Dubai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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 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
- 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