An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Bid Manager to join a leading organisation operating within the environmental services sector. This is a key role responsible for managing the end-to-end bid process, supporting business growth by developing high-quality tender submissions and leading strategic proposals across a diverse portfolio of opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the full bid lifecycle from opportunity identification through to submission and contract award.
• Manage and coordinate complex, high-value tender responses across multiple business areas.
• Develop clear bid strategies, ensuring submissions are commercially compelling and aligned with customer requirements.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders, including operational teams, subject matter experts, finance and senior leadership.
• Own bid planning, timelines, governance and quality assurance processes.
• Write, edit and review high-quality responses, ensuring consistency, accuracy and strong messaging.
• Analyse customer requirements and translate operational solutions into winning proposals.
• Support continuous improvement of bid processes, templates and best practice.
• Lead post-bid reviews and capture learning to improve future success rates.

About You

We are looking for an experienced bid professional with a strong track record of managing complex tenders within a service-led environment.

You will ideally have:

• Proven experience managing large-scale bids and tenders from start to finish.
• Experience working within sectors such as environmental services, facilities management, infrastructure, utilities, waste management, transport or similar.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to understand complex service solutions.
• Excellent written communication skills with a strong attention to detail.
• The ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Experience working with public sector procurement frameworks would be advantageous.