Bid Manager

Overview

In this role you support winning new business by building cross-functional relationships and managing bid activity. You’ll develop knowledge of OCS Group, coordinate deal planning, and drive bid development from kick-off to submission. You’ll research potential clients, tailor persuasive content, and work with senior leaders to align opportunities with business objectives. This is a high‑impact, collaboration‑driven position that shapes our competitive proposals and mobilization readiness.

Pay / Benefits

• digital learning via OCS Academy
• Retail perks via Hapi app
• 600+ live learners for development
• flexible pay via Wagestream (contract specific)

Responsibilities

• Develop deep knowledge of OCS across the group and build wide and deep relationships to support bidding
• Program and manage bid activity, including kick‑offs, solution development, final bid submission, and handover to operations or mobilisation
• Research potential clients to understand requirements and inform solution development
• Organise bid/no-bid sessions and solution meetings with sales, analysts, supply chain, and bid contributors
• Create persuasive and informative written content to support bids and proposals
• Consult with heads of business development on opportunities and coordinate tender document production, formatting and submission

Key requirements

• Right to Work in the UK
• Experience with bid management and deal planning in a business development context
• Ability to coordinate cross‑functional teams and meetings for bids
• Research and requirement gathering for client solutions
• Strong written communication skills

• cross-functional collaboration
• persuasive writing
• stakeholder management
• bid management
• proposal development
• solution development

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