Bid Manager, Business

Exclusive Role - Bid Manager

£50,000 - £53,000

Nottingham | Hybrid (2 days working from home, 3 days office based)

Permanent - Full-time

Eaton Syalon are supporting a growing organisation with the recruitment of an experienced Bid Manager to lead, coordinate and deliver high quality proposals across a range of complex, multi-disciplinary projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven and detail-focused professional who thrives in a structured environment, enjoys bringing order to complexity, and takes genuine pride in producing exceptional, compliant and compelling bids.

You’ll play a key role in shaping winning submissions, guiding internal teams, and ensuring that opportunities are managed with clarity, pace, and strong governance from start to finish.

• Building clear bid schedules with defined actions, checkpoints and review stages
• Creating strong written content that showcases key messages, differentiators and value
• Working closely with SMEs to gather accurate technical, operational and commercial detail
• Turning complex inputs into concise, customer-focused proposal material
• Keeping all governance tools up to date, including compliance checks, risk logs and trackers
• Assisting with pricing discussions, cost considerations and overall value positioning
• Handling several bids at once with strong organisation and consistence
• Continuously refining templates, processes and bid materials to improve future submissions

• You’ll have a solid academic foundation or equivalent hands‑on experience gained in a structured, professional environment
• At least five years’ experience working in a dedicated bid, tender or proposal management role
• A track record of running well‑organised, compliant bid processes from start to finish
• Confident using Microsoft Office to produce polished, accurate and well‑presented documents
• Exposure to tools such as bid platforms, CRM systems or proposal software would be beneficial
• Professional development such as APMP (or similar) is welcome, though not essential

If you’re a confident, process-driven Bid Manager who enjoys leading structured bid cycles and producing high-quality proposal submissions, we’d love to hear from you.