Proposals Manager

Overview

Lead development of high-quality bid proposals and manage submission process

Requirements

• bid writing
• adobe indesign
• photoshop
• microsoft office
• problem solving
• strategic thinking

What You Bring

-Experience of facilitating answer plan sessions, win theme workshops and managing the tender review process -Experience of bid writing and bid editing, creating compelling and persuasive responses -Use of Adobe Indesign and Photoshop. -Desire to learn: Our industry is dynamic and ever-evolving, with new technologies, methods, and trends emerging constantly. You’ll enjoy staying updated on industry developments, learning about new innovations and implementing best practices to enhance the proposal development process. -Creativity and writing: Crafting compelling narratives and persuasive proposals is a central aspect of the job; you’ll take pride in effectively communicating our response to customer needs through well written, engaging proposal content. -Bidding best practice: With a passion for ensuring bidding best practice on every proposal, you’ll have extensive experience of storyboarding (answer planning), drafting, peer reviews, formatting and submission, and onto lessons learned and feedback analysis. -Strategic, customer-focused thinking: Ability to identify key value propositions, competitive advantages and differentiators that help us stand out in the competitive bidding process, with the customer at the heart of every proposal. -Experience of using Microsoft Office -Problem solving: It’s usual to encounter complex challenges during the proposal development process, such as aligning diverse ideas from multiple stakeholders, addressing technical complexities or mitigating risks. You’ll enjoy the problem-solving aspect of this role, finding solutions that meet both customer requirements and internal needs, then sharing any learning with the team and wider business. -Meticulous organisational skills

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About Willmott Dixon

-Evolved from small-scale building into a national construction powerhouse. -Portfolio spans civic centres, hospitals, stadiums, arts venues and transport hubs—showcasing versatility across sectors. -Delivers science and healthcare facilities, including supercomputer suites and research labs, and major secondary schools. -Leads in Passivhaus, tall residential blocks and complex façade retentions on heritage structures. -Tackles large multi-phase regeneration, multi-storey car parks and intricate interior fit-outs. -Taken on headline projects—from Twickenham hospitality suites to the misjudged Woolwich development that sparked industry debate. -Still family-run five generations on, the firm carries forward its founding spirit in modern materials like CLT and advanced BIM.

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