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Bid Strategy and Operations Lead (Previous Relevant Experience Required), Colchester
Location: Colchester, United Kingdom
Client:
Telent
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Views:
5
Posted:
24.04.2025
Expiry Date:
08.06.2025
Job Description:
Head of Bidding
Location: The Point, Warwick
Job type: Full time, Permanent
As a Leader at Telent, you will be trusted and empowered to deliver critical and complex work. You'll be free to innovate, take ownership, and make smart, agile decisions. We need the best people to help us achieve our ambitions. Come, work in an environment where you can stretch your abilities and deliver on your potential. Help build and keep the nation's critical infrastructure connected and protected 24/7.
What you’ll do:
* Lead and manage bids and tender submissions for the Transport business, reporting to the Business Development Director.
* Manage a Bid Team based in Warwick and London, planning resources for bidding opportunities.
* Ensure effective and efficient resource utilization to maximize business opportunities.
* Oversee the end-to-end management and production of high-quality, successful bids following telent’s procedures.
* Improve bid quality through best practice approaches.
* Monitor bid costs and seek continuous improvement in bid return on investment.
* Develop relationships with customers through meetings and presentations.
* Manage Bid team performance, KPIs, and SLAs.
* Lead bid strategies, produce bid materials, and support post-submission activities.
* Plan workload, forecast bids, track costs and success metrics, and conduct bid reviews.
* Maintain telent’s Bid wiki (library).
Who you are:
Key requirements:
* Extensive experience leading high-performing Bid Teams and driving bid efficiencies.
* Experience in winning bids in Public Sector markets such as Traffic, Rail, Defence, and Emergency Services.
* Strong project management, organizational, and financial skills.
* Broad understanding of relevant technologies and services.
* APMP or equivalent qualification with proven bid success.
* Excellent proposal writing and financial response skills.
* Leadership skills with experience in building successful bid teams.
* Ability to develop and deliver solutions to complex challenges.
* Strong interpersonal, presentation, and persuasive skills.
* Ability to identify customer needs and develop commercial propositions.
* Ownership, accountability, independence, and team collaboration skills.
* High emotional intelligence and commitment to quality.
What we offer:
A career at Telent offers growth across sectors, roles, and technologies, with opportunities to develop and make an impact. We support an inclusive culture that values diversity and individual authenticity. Benefits include:
* Vehicle: Ben2
* Medical insurance
* 34 days holiday, with buy/sell options
* Company pension scheme
* Family-friendly policies
* Occupational health and wellbeing portal
* Discounts on cinema, dining, and shopping via Telent Rewards
About Telent:
Telent is a leading technology company specializing in mission-critical communications and digital infrastructure support. We help connect communities and improve lives through innovation and expertise. Join our team of over 3,000 dedicated professionals committed to excellence.
Our values:
* Be Inclusive
* Take Responsibility
* Collaborate
* Be Customer-focused
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