We are seeking an experienced Bid Manager to lead the end-to-end bid lifecycle process, including tender analysis, go/no-go decision-making, solution shaping, and proposal development. The role involves orchestrating cross-functional teams, ensuring compliance with governance, legal, financial, and risk requirements, and delivering high-quality, compelling submissions within strict deadlines. The successful candidate will manage high volumes of tenders in a fast-paced environment, identify and mitigate bid risks, and ensure alignment with business standards and customer expectations.

What you'll do:

• End to end bid life-cycle management – lead the bid response process, analyse tender documents, drive the go/no go decision process, and bid shaping.
• Responsible for the orchestration and the creation of the solution and proposal as the ‘Bid Project Manager, ensuring compliance with customer, business, and governance requirements, highlighting the company value proposition.
• Solution team engagement and collaboration: Coordinate input from internal teams, ensuring compliance and alignment.
• Bid process management – track schedules, meet deadlines and ensure adherence to standards.
• Proposal and content development: prepare/edit/consolidate content, manage team contributions for quality and on time submission.
• Bid risk identification and mitigation.
• Strict adherence to Bid and governance, risk and assurance processes and policies. Ensure that financial, Group risk and compliance and legal parameters are in place and approved with every bid submission, including sign offs.
• Deals with high volumes of tenders in a stressful and pressurised environment.
• Teamwork, flexibility, understanding urgency and priorities, and quick problem-solving skills are essential.
• Proven (minimum 5 years) Bid management experience as part of a team responsible for the preparation and submission of expressions of interest and proposals, including the preparation of high-quality visual documents, for major opportunities.
• The role would suit a self-motivated, innovative, and creative individual with the ability to generate innovative ideas and follow through to completion.

Your Expertise:

• English - Can converse and has the necessary email skills.
• Excellent Customer Interaction with clear, concise, and effective communication skills
• Effectively collaborate with the team to achieve common goals
• Identify and resolve issues effectively.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in a corporate environment
• Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Qualifications:

• National Senior Certificate/ Matric/ N3/ Grade 12
• APMP Foundation certification
• Pass typical recruitment checks (criminal, qualification, ID verification checks, etc.)

Competencies and Skills:

• Highly organised and detail orientated, with excellent time management skills - able to prioritise (constant awareness of deadlines) and manage urgency.
• Effective communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• Understanding of public sector tender requirements
• Calm under pressure, initiative-taking and flexible to changing priorities.
• Have a clear understanding and proven use of strategic proposal management processes, including qualification, pre-proposal planning, strategy development and storyboarding as well as overall proposal project management.
• Be non-compromising on quality and attention to detail on all deliverables.
• Possess advanced proposal writing skills and basic graphic design skills: the ability to turn 'raw information' into well-articulated proposal content.
• Have strong business orientation, analysis/problem solving, negotiation and collaboration skills.
• Can cope with a substantial amount of responsibility and pressure