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Adler & Allan is continuing its ambitious growth journey, and we're looking for an exceptional Senior Bid Manager to play a pivotal role in securing high-value, strategically important contracts. This is a key leadership position within our bid function-driving bid strategy, shaping compelling proposals, and elevating the quality and competitiveness of our submissions. As Senior Bid Manager, you will lead the full lifecycle of complex, multi-stakeholder bids, ensuring every submission is customer-focused, compliant, and commercially robust. You'll work closely with teams across the business-sales, operations, commercial, and technical-to develop winning solutions and deliver high-quality tender responses. You'll act as the strategic lead for major opportunities, influencing stakeholders, challenging assumptions, and ensuring our proposals clearly articulate the value of Adler & Allan's capabilities. You will also support the ongoing development of the bid function, helping to improve processes, adopt new technologies, and increase overall win rates.

Job Responsibility:

  • Lead end-to-end management of major bids, from qualification to submission and post-tender clarification
  • Develop winning bid strategies, value propositions, and customer-aligned themes
  • Facilitate kick-off, solution development, and review sessions across internal teams
  • Influence and challenge stakeholders to ensure competitive, customer-centric solutions
  • Review and refine bid content to ensure clarity, quality, and consistency
  • Collaborate with Account Managers, SMEs, commercial teams, and operational leaders
  • Support continuous improvement and adoption of new bid technologies, including RFP automation
  • Produce compliant, differentiated proposals that leverage Group capabilities
  • Manage risk registers, action logs, and compliance checks throughout the tender process

Requirements:

  • Proven experience managing large, complex bids (£1M-£30M+)
  • Strong background in structured bid processes within a competitive environment
  • Experience as a Bid Manager or Senior Bid Manager
  • Ability to work across multiple stakeholders and disciplines
  • Strong commercial awareness and excellent written communication skills
  • Experience in related services or technical sectors is advantageous
  • Sound knowledge of environmental services & consultancy

Nice to have:

  • Experience in related services or technical sectors is advantageous
  • Sound knowledge of environmental services & consultancy

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Job Posted:
May 16, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
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