Bid Manager

Company Description

Working at Allegis Global Solutions (AGS) is more than just a job. It’s a career. It’s a community of people who invest in your development and empower you to blaze your own trail. Each of us is here to create real, measurable impact that moves needles. We operate beyond "roles" or "jobs" to realize the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to a bigger idea. Because we believe that when you build a workforce that’s designed to harness human enterprise, you design a workforce that’s built for impact.

At AGS, we help companies all over the world transform their people into a competitive advantage. It’s not about filling seats. It’s about designing workforces to meet missions and unleash the most transformative power in business today: The power of human enterprise.

With services around the globe, we have a point of view on the future of work that enables us to be a transformative partner in the way work gets done for our clients’ organizations. Meeting clients where they are, we design a plan and guide them along a transformational journey, applying bold actions and diverse minds to solve the most complex challenges – from permanent and extended workforce management to services procurement, consulting, direct sourcing and our Universal Workforce Model™.

We also represent over 100 countries and speak dozens of languages. So as you’re building relationships and doing your job, you’ll be exposed to other cultures and advancement opportunities while expanding your knowledge of global markets and strategies.

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Job Description

The Bid Manager’s core responsibilities are to manage prospective clients’ formal requests for proposals from receipt to submission. The role involves engaging subject matter experts across the business and writing compelling responses to help accelerate the growth of Allegis Global Solutions (AGS).

The role involves operating as a business partner with Sales, Solutions, Operations and Finance partners across the region and globe on large managed service and procurement outsourcing opportunities in the talent management industry.

The Bid Manager is customer-focused and able to successfully manage all facets of the proposal process under tight deadlines, including project management, response writing, stakeholder management, editing/proofing, document production and quality control.

The Bid Manager should quickly grasp win themes, developed in partnership with Business Development, Solutions and Operations, and compellingly articulate these in writing for an external audience.

Responsibilities

• Project managing the bid process from receipt through to submission to ensure a consistently high-quality product in line with client requirements and AGS strategy
• Writing proposals and related documentation for AGS MSP, services procurement (SOW) and associated product offerings
• Shaping opportunity win themes with sales, solutions, and operations from pre-tender receipt through to negotiation stage
• Collaborating with the pitch development team to (or, where they are not assigned; to directly) manage and build pitch decks based on proposal content and requirements
• Championing specific customer needs during bid development sessions, pitch deck development, and the bid process generally
• Working with key stakeholders to build a compelling, differentiated offer
• Ensuring client-facing output adheres to corporate visual brand and general high-quality standards
• Actively participating in the development of new solutions and proposal ideas
• Managing production, distribution, and control of documents
• Maintaining and enhancing proposal response database (Qvidian)
• Documenting own bid activity (in outline) through Salesforce CRM system

Qualifications

• Bid writing experience essential 
• Ability to work under pressure to demanding deadlines
• Highly organised working method with strong attention to detail
• Ability to work with, and coordinate input from a wide range of stakeholders at all levels
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• High levels of grammatical, spelling and formatting accuracy
• Strong team player, with ability to work independently as well as in a team setting
• Proven skills in producing and editing content in a business environment
• Advanced user of MS Word and PowerPoint in accordance with corporate brand guidelines
• Competent user of Excel
• Ability to manage time, multi-task and thrive in a pressurised, deadline-driven environment

Desirable Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

• Managed Services, RPO, Services Procurement or recruitment knowledge / experience
• Knowledge of proposal automation software

Additional Information

At AGS, we recognize our people are our strength. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer (M/F/Disability/Veterans) and consider all applications without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law. We value our people, their varying perspectives and are committed to fostering an environment where they can bring their whole selves to work.