Bid Manager Level 2 – RSR 8568
Location: Methuen Park, Chippenham
Salary Grade: H
Security Clearance: Required
Job Purpose and Context
SunGard is committed to delivering technology-driven efficiencies to the UK Public Sector – enabling our customers to improve operational effectiveness, reduce costs and raise the standard of citizen services. SunGard is an enthusiastic, results-oriented organisation that will ‘do whatever it takes’ to win the deal, satisfy the client and beat the competition.
As Bid Manager within the SunGard Public Sector Sales Team, your role is to lead the bid team in the creation of persuasive sales proposals that are designed to win SunGard new business. You will be responsible for bid, planning, resource scheduling, development and production of SunGard’s sales documentation.
The primary focus of your role is to produce a winning proposal document. You will own the proposal strategy, which is derived from the sales strategy for each individual sales campaign. SunGard’s proposals must be persuasive, compliant and provide an economically advantageous solution to the business problems that the client is seeking to solve.
Outline of Routine Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities
As Bid Manager, you will work closely with Company Executives, Sales Professionals, Programme Managers, Project Managers, Solution Architects, Finance personnel and work-stream leaders who are actively bidding for new business with both existing and new SunGard clients. At the outset of any sales endeavour, you shall work closely with SunGard Public Sector sales professionals to create a proposal strategy that incorporates the key themes of the formal sales strategy.
Your role is to provide leadership, creative input, direction and management of a professionally presented, compliant and persuasive sales proposals, designed to provide the most economically advantageous solution to the customers’ strategic requirements. The primary output of your role will be all aspects of proposal production in accordance with set business processes and industry best practice.
Other Information
Candidate must have experience and have succeeded in selling Managed Services, ICT Outsource Services, and Business Transformation Services and had ownership of bidding into large scale public sector bodies
Core Competencies:
Communication & Teamwork
Customer Focus
Judgement & Decision Making
Delivery & Ownership
Enthusiasm & Drive
Management Competencies:
Leadership
Employee Development
Strategic Perspective
Business Results Focus
Desirable Skills:
Bid Management
Bid Support
MS Office
Academic / Vocational Qualifications:
Degree Educated or Equivalent
Member of a Chartered Institute
For any additional information, please contact The SunGard Public Sector Recruitment Team on 0161 929 4343.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, trans gender status, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, age, race, colour, national origins, nationality, ethnic origin or disability.