Bid Writer
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, County Durham, Durham
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 6 Apr 2018
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
The role is an exciting opportunity for a Bid Writer to join a growing company in the North East
Client Details
The client are a well known, national organisation in Durham
Description
The key responsibilities of the Bid Writer role are writing and producing high quality bids for a competitive market.
Profile
The successful Bid Writer will have:
- Must be a persuasive writing expert
- Must be passionate, driven, looking to progress
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Proven ability to produce compelling bid formats incorporating creative illustrations
- Proficient Microsoft Word, Publisher, Excel and PowerPoint user
- Knowledge of in-Design, Visio and Microsoft Project is advantageous
- Minimum three years' experience in a competitive, commercial, bid/tender response environment.
- Successful, track record, producing compelling bid, tender and proposal responses
- Able identifying and communicate commercial and operational risks
- Strong commercial background
- Background within project management
- A sound understanding of sales and marketing principals
- Understanding of features, benefits and ability to differentiate offerings
- Exceptional organisational skills
- Strong influencing skills
- Ability to work autonomously
Job Offer
Competitive salary with bonus potential
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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