Head of Bids

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	10 Chwefror 2026
Cyflog:	£100,000 i £110,000 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	Car Allowance or Company Car + Benefits
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	12 Mawrth 2026
Lleoliad:	Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2DY
Cwmni:	Rullion
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	PR/354982_1770737992

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Job title: Head of Bids
Job Type: Permanent
Start date: Subject to clearance
Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 Per Annum + Car Allowance or Company Car + Benefits
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire
Hours of work: 40 Hours Per Week

The Role:
To provide strategic management to bid teams. Ensuring the bid teams are established to perform and meet the work winning targets. You will also ensure the Company and Corporate governance & procedures are adhered to at all stages of bids.

Main Responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

- Leading and Motivating
You will lead, motivate and energise bid teams and individuals. You will act as a coach, encourage and maintain positivity within the teams. You will be proactive in participation and contributing to the Work Winning leadership team. You will have the ability to monitor and influence multiple bids concurrently.

- Collaborating and influencing others
You will have the ability to solve challenging problems and influence others to get excellent results. You will have the ability to achieve desired outcomes from individuals and groups not immediately within the work winning team. You will liase, lead and remove any barriers for other work winning functions to ensure adequate support to successful tenders. You will engage with the wider operational team to gain buy in before, during and after bidding. You will liase with Operations and Project Directors to ensure full support of bid development. You will also filter of key information to senior team as required to facilitate timely and informed decision making.

- Problem Solving
You will proactively identify and solve issues within organisation, individual and logistics to facilitate bid process and production. You are a self starter, able to identify what information is needed and seeks out those individuals within the organisation that can contribute to a solution.
You are able to encourage and harness creative and imaginative proposals from within team encouraging development of the best possible solution.

- Driving Bid Strategies
You will drive, develop and review bid strategies regularly through the bid process. You will have a solid understanding of contract, technical and pricing processes to allow challenge of proposed strategies. You will also align Bid strategies with sector and organisational aims and aspirations. Aswell as having a solid understanding of industry processes, able to lead storyboard sessions as required, challenge preconceptions and clear understanding of features and benefits within a submission.

- Continuous Improvement
You will drive tender teams to be successful and continually to do better. Driving continuous improvement and quality standards within bid submissions. You will own the tender process and ensure that is adhered to and delivered consistently. You will review the tender process at internal reviews to ensure it allows creative thinking and improvement.

- Team and Resource Management
You will lead individual bids as required while allocating and balancing resources between multiple bids. You will be responsible for recruitment and agency appointments as required. You will chair bid managers regular meetings and you will provide line management of bid managers. You will compile department statistics and managing department budgets as appropriate. You will support the wider team and collaborate to find successful solutions.
You will be responsible for management of team training and will report overall bid costs with HO finance team.

Experience/Qualifications:
- All candidates MUST have working knowledge of the UK Construction Market - Nuclear, Defence, Rail or Highways etc.
- All candidates MUST have knowledge of relevant procurement legislation.
- All candidates MUST have commercial awareness of different forms of contract, FIDIC, JCT or NEC etc.
- All candidates MUST have strong presentation and client communication skills.
- All candidates MUST have a minimum of 10 Years Experience working in Strategic Bid Management with a proven track record of successfully winning work and managing teams.

Please note all candidates must be eligible to work in the UK and have the ability to obtain Security Clearance.

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Company information:
This is a Volunteer vacancy is being advertised by Rullion Ltd
Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a range of clients; from large well-known brands, to SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion's approach is credible and honest, focused on building long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates.

Rullion is a forward-thinking recruitment company that specialises in providing a wide range of talent consultancy services to a diverse client base; from small start-ups to large household names.
We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.