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Bid Management Manager - Health & Public Sector (H&PS)

Sales Excellence

Location UK

Salary - up to £75,000 Depending on location and experience

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As a team:

People in the Sales career track grow pipeline and sales by supporting, managing, and/ or leading the origination and/ or closing of sales opportunities in a specific area of the business and / or across a range of Accenture offerings. They progress by deepening sales skills and/or developing new related skills, growing into more complex sales roles, laterally, upward, or in their current role.

The H&PS Sales Team lead the sale of large and complex opportunities at Accenture in the UK and Ireland across a variety of different government departments. It is a dynamic team made up of Sales Captures and Bid Managers who lead and support opportunities that often combine the full breadth of Accenture. This is an exciting and vibrant team who bring to bear the best of sales at Accenture within a team environment that positively encourages growth and promotion.

In our team you will learn:

• To work with clients across the Government sector

• To own and execute the end-end project plan from sales origination until sales closure

• To collaborate with the wider Sales and Bid Management team

In this role you will:

This role sits within Sales Excellence but with a dotted line to Health and Public Sector.

• Responsible for bid management on key sales opportunities, including:

• Managing the end-to-end production of the bid response document

• Co-ordinating and aligning bid team activities on behalf of the Sales Lead

• Co-ordinating the necessary internal approvals for the bid

• Providing a key point of contact with the client team

Key areas of responsibilities:

• Own and execute the end-to-end project plan from sales origination until sales closure. This includes proposal management, internal approvals, sales, and sales team development.

• Proposal Management

• Manage the end-to-end production of the bid document: ITT, RFI, RFP etc.

• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and initiatives

• Capturing, communicating, and tracking key outputs and actions from planning and strategy sessions. Schedule and plan internal and client milestones. Identify dependencies in the timeline and escalate issues impacting the deadline

• Prepare, review, secure sign-off and submit materials

• Provide day-to-day point of contact for both the client team and the bid team

• Manage the business development budget

• Provides PMO support including all deal communications and meetings.

• Manage share-point set-up and administration

• Manages all internal approvals. This includes preparing, reviewing, and securing sign-off and submitting materials in a timely manner for internal approvals

• Ensure consistent and high quality “look and feel” in client deliverables

• Co-ordinate orals / supplier presentation / site visits, liaising between sales team, site team and client coordinator to ensure agenda meets client and Accenture objectives

  What skills & experience are we looking for?

• Bid Management experience within the Health & Public Sector

• Proven history working in the Government sector

• Mastery of one or more of the following areas: business development, bid/proposal management, sales negotiations, or commercial pricing

• Proficient at assessing complex problems and identifying solutions, for example carrying out detailed analysis

• Requires adherence to strategic direction set by senior management, when establishing near-term goals.

• Stakeholder management at a client and/or within Accenture level, involving matters that may require acceptance of an alternate approach

• Proficient at working collaboratively with both the internal sales team and client stakeholders

• Management of medium - large sized teams and/or work efforts within Accenture or client organisation

• Strong Bid Budget experience

• Strong writing and storyboarding skills

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 721,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at accenture.com

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Closing Date for Applications 25/05/2023

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.