Bid Manager in Bournemouth, Dorset

Bid Manager

Bournemouth

£50,000 - £60,000 per annum

Permanent

ARM are delighted to be supporting a really exciting business in Bournemouth with the recruitment of a Bid Manager on a permanent basis.

The Role:

• Lead the end-to-end bid process, ensuring compliance with Draken?s Business Win procedures and Shipley best practices.
• Develop bid strategies, manage resources, and oversee proposal preparation to deliver winning submissions on time.
• Assemble and guide multi-disciplinary bid teams, collaborating with stakeholders across sales, delivery, finance, legal, and external partners.
• Act as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring exceptional quality and timely progress through reviews and approvals.
• Implement and improve bid governance and processes, sharing best practices across the business.

Requirements:

• Proven track record in bid and proposal management, ideally within Defence or Aerospace.
• Minimum 5 years? experience in complex bid environments.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and commercial acumen.
• Excellent communication skills-both written and verbal-with the ability to craft persuasive proposals.
• Expert user of MS Office and exceptional organisational skills.