Bid Manager
Ready to take the lead on high‑stakes bids that shape the future of industries—from healthcare to aerospace & defence, manufacturing, automotive, and beyond?
We’re searching for an exceptional Bid Manager who can thrive at the forefront of business growth. If you know how to craft winning proposals and bring clarity, strategy, and drive to every tender, we want you on our team.
Working across a range of developing sectors—and with bonus points for logistics experience—you’ll play a pivotal role in securing major opportunities. Reporting to the Head of Bid Management, you’ll own the full bid lifecycle: shaping strategy, managing stakeholders, and delivering persuasive, compliant submissions that stand out in competitive markets.
Flexibility, resilience, and a love for fast-paced challenges are essential. Travel may be required to collaborate with colleagues or support critical bid activity.
If you’re ready to make every bid count and leave your mark on our growth story, this is your moment.
Pay, benefits and more:
We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £75,000, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company car or car allowance, a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!
What you’ll do on a typical day:
- Lead End-to-End Bid Management: Oversee the full bid lifecycle from planning to submission, ensuring timelines are realistic and achieved
- Develop Winning Proposals: Create persuasive, customer-focused responses and presentations that clearly communicate value propositions
- Drive Win Strategies: Collaborate with Sales and stakeholders to define and embed win themes, supported by market and competitor insights
- Engage and Coordinate Teams: Manage virtual bid teams across multiple functions, gathering accurate input from subject matter experts
- Ensure Compliance and Governance: Maintain adherence to internal processes, risk management, and customer specifications throughout the bid
- Continuous Improvement: Conduct post-bid reviews, update the bid library with reusable content, and implement lessons learned to enhance future success
What you need to succeed at GXO:
- Proven bid management experience preferably within logistics, supply chain, or related sectors.
- Proven success creating compelling customer propositions, preferably within a logistics (3PL) environment
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills for adept engagement with stakeholders at all levels. Advanced user of MS Office particularly Word and PowerPoint
- A positive attitude, proactive and flexible to changes in customer requirements or timelines
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to work on multiple complex bids at any one time, working under pressure to meet tight deadlines with excellent attention to detail
We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.
GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.
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