Job Title – Bid Manager

Job Location – Tewkesbury, UK

Job ID –19340

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Fleet form part of our ICI division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counterterrorism.

The Bid Manager will report to the Head of Bids and their role will be to manage the compilation of small medium and complex fully costed proposals. They will be responsible and accountable for the full content of the final proposal. To enable this the Bid Manager must ensure that full governance is applied to the written and business content. The Bid manager will be responsible for their Bid Budgets ensuring they submit a fully compliant Bid within time and budget.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Constructing the fully resource Bid Delivery Schedule with MS Project and loading to Project Server
• Support all Gate reviews from PQQ to final submission
• Lead Bid Kick off meetings and appropriately timed stand up sessions
• Project manage all aspects of Bid delivery ensuring bid deadlines are met
• Produce weekly reports on status of their bid portfolio
• Ensure all relevant stakeholders are updated as to the progress, Issues, concerns and risks of all their bids.
• Liaise with all disciplines within the company fostering a can-do attitude  
• Bid responsibility will range from a few thousand to a number of millions UK sterling value
• Carry out lessoned learnt activities post bid submission ensuring these are fed back to the team and actioned accordingly
• Undertake any other activity as reasonably requested by management

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• 5+ years’ bid experience combined with a proven track record of delivering winning opportunities
• Strong interpersonal skills combined with experience of leading teams and managing relationships with all levels of the business
• Highly computer literate in MS Office and preferably MS Project.
• A self-motivated team player, able to operate with the minimum of supervision and communicate clearly with employees at all levels.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.

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