Bid Executive - Sopra Steria : Job Details

Are you experienced with Bids and looking for a role where you can really make an impact?

We're looking for a Bid Executive to join our Consulting Team at Sopra Steria Next!

You will work with teams from Sopra Steria Next, suppliers and sub-contractors on multiple projects and bids, across a range of clients and customers in both the public and private sector.

The majority of the bids you will be working on will be human-centred consultancy projects from Discovery to Live.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

This will be a hybrid role, with some travel to our offices when required.

What you'll be doing:

• Deliver bids, confidently, to multiple clients and external audiences, working to deadlines.
• Develop bid plans in liaison with the sales lead and solution owner and manage them through to conclusion.
• Develop bid budgets and be responsible for leading to the budget.
• Write and edit/review customer proposal documents.
• Elevate our proposal content and increase our win rate.
• Contribute to our win strategy.
• Work with technology, business process, commercial and legal experts and provide sales process advice & guidance when required.

What you’ll bring:

• Demonstrable Bid Management experience, working across all stages of the entire bid process with a successful record of accomplishment, winning bids in a competitive market.
• Passionate about writing exceptional bids.
• Highly competent in use of MS Office tools.
• Demonstrate a sales orientation with an understanding of bid management best practice.
• Comfortable working independently and as a part of a team.
• Able to work to tight deadlines.
• Have a focus on solving customer problems and creating outcomes.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent.Location: UK Flexible.Internal Recruiter: Soraya.Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum depending on experience.Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Our specialist team at Sopra Steria Next, the consulting arm of Sopra Steria, leverages extensive experience across various sectors, including Financial Services, Security, Government, and Commerce. With over 45,000 employees in 25 countries, we are a European leader in technology and transformation.We believe that success comes when you put people first. By focusing on the needs of our clients’ customers, we help organisations achieve their goals, empower employees, and build trust as responsible corporate citizens. Driven by innovation, we harness next-generation technology and data-driven insights to address critical challenges. Our expertise enables large, complex organisations to innovate and transform effectively.In every sector we serve, we re-imagine the organisations that shape everyday life in the UK, helping them stay ahead of the competition and safeguard their systems from evolving risks.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.