Bid Coordinator *Maternity Cover*

We are currently seeking a Bid Coordinator to join our Business Development team at our Tatthenhall site. As a Bid Coordinator you will support the Business Development Team in its core activities of winning new business by helping to coordinate and respond to end-to-end tender/bid processes, whilst supporting the creation and development of sales marketing collateral at both Great Bear and Culina Group level. You will work closely with all areas of the Great Bear Business Development team; sales; solutions; finance and have a pivotal role to play as a primary liaison for key marketing partners, As the successful candidate, you will contribute to the overall success of the site, and will report directly to the site GM Sales,

• Support creation of bid response documents and customer presentations ensuring each bid is positioned correctly with clear win themes and messages to maximise success rates


• Support final bid "pack" compilation to submit to the customer, ensuring tender compliance and going "above & beyond" requirements where possible / appropriate


• Help develop our bid response formats to ensure the service and proposal is presented in the best and most appropriate way for the type of customer/opportunity - e.g. use of video; imagery; graphics.


• Completion of RFI, RFP, tender questionnaire documents; including ensuring correct and latest supporting certifications, SOPs, BCPs, financial summaries, insurance details etc. are validated and maintained.


• You will help to drive quality throughout the bid process and consistency of output across the bid team working on each project.


• Liaise and work closely with the sales; solutions and wider senior operations team to help manage tender and marketing projects progress.


• Manage the scheduling of meetings for both bid response and marketing project activities in accordance with the objectives of the bid/project and customer expectations


• Act as key liaison with marketing leads from other Business Units within Culina Group


• Support marketing for promotional and networking events; set-up, corporate giveaways, bespoke brochures, promotional videos, advertising campaigns.
  
  + Great team worker

+ Forms great relationships with direct colleagues and wider teams
+ Able to recognise challenges posed by workloads and empathise accordingly
+ Gains the trust of their colleagues
+ Pro-active - always looking for ways to improve their output
+ Able to leverage the output of direct and indirect colleagues, despite not being their line-manager by using strong interpersonal skills

Following years of accelerated growth Culina Group is now a £2.2billion+ turnover business, employing over 22,000 staff, with a fleet of more than 5,000 vehicles. Culina Group operates from over 100+ depots across the UK and Ireland, serving more than 1,000 clients over its framework of chilled, ambient, contract packaging solutions and fresh and baked goods., Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave - Competitive holiday entitlement.


• Pension scheme - We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer.


• Life Assurance - x2 your annual salary.


• Wellness - Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.


• Eye Care Vouchers - We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.


• Reward & Recognition - We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the Month and Year, special recognition and long service awards.


• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!