Are you ready to find the right role to challenge you in 2024?

Loomis UK are looking for a Bid Coordinator to join the team.

This new role will have a real impact and help drive our business forward in 2024.

Loomis understands that our people are the key to our success. We strive to be the market leader and we employ great people. We pay well and provide excellent benefits and rewards. By joining us you will be joining one of the market leaders in our industry. We are an organisation with a strong national presence, part of the Loomis Group, a worldwide security sector leader with over 400 branches in over 20 countries.

Our values are what we live by, People, Service, Integrity.

We have great opportunities for those with a high level of integrity, offering a competitive benefits package and the opportunity to develop within a world class company.

Due to the nature of our business we have some specific security criteria that you will need to meet:

You must be able to pass a criminal record check as well as a personal credit and ID check.You must also have a 5 year employment/unemployment/educational history that we can check and verify. What we can offer you:

As a Bid Coordinator, we can offer the following:

Competitive salary – GBP23k to GBP27k dependent on experience5 weeks holiday per year excluding Bank Holidays,Support Induction ProgrammeFull uniform and PPEPension schemeLife AssuranceMyRewards – over 3000 discounts for everyday lifeEmployee Assistance Programme and Wellbeing supportFull continuous training programmeEmployee Recruitment IncentiveCycle to Work SchemeLong Service AwardsA safe and supportive cultureAn opportunity for you to progress your career What you'll be doing?

As a key part of the sales and business development function, this role works across various business teams to bring together compelling, customer focused proposals and tender submissions to win business.

The role of the Bid Coordinator is to support new business through the full end to end proposal process – from initial interest and coordinating activities around pursuit of opportunities, coordinating responses and final tender proposal documentation submission.

The role involves providing support to all affiliated functions to assist the quality and timely completion of proposal submissions – including organising meetings, structuring and writing proposal content, coordinating relevant activities and document management.

This role extends to a range of related commercial activity such as sector analysis, trend analysis, engaging in contract law, and developing strategies to win business for a variety of goods and services.

What we are looking for:

You will need to have exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal. An understanding of the sales lifecycle is essential including negotiating, tendering, contract award and implementation.

Previous experience of electronic submissions through e–portals and electronic tendering would be an advantage along with an awareness of the importance of data handling, confidentiality, data protection legislation and competition law.

Attention to detail is a key skill requirement along with time management and an ability to handle multiple activities, prioritising workloads in an ever changing environment.

A high level of proficiency in MS Office is a must, utilising software to enhance the bid writing process along with a talent for creative writing. You will need to be able to build rapport and trust with both internal and external customers working cross functionally to gather subject matter experts together to support your work.

Do you thrive in a busy, friendly office environment? Are you prepared to go the extra mile to make sure we are able to support our customers with up to date product and service information?

If so, we want to hear from you!

What's next?

Click apply and and complete the screening questions. These will help our Managers understand your experience and skills.

Once we receive your application we will check that you have the skills and experience we are looking for. If you have then we will contact you to arrange an interview.

A little bit about us:

Loomis UK are part of the Loomis Group, a worldwide cash handling company, helping manage the public flow of cash in society. From secure money safes to intelligent smart safes, cash in transit and cash processing, Loomis supports businesses throughout the UK with crucial cash and coin collection and delivery services, along with ATM management and replenishment service.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a high level of integrity, offering a competitive benefits package and the opportunity to develop within a world class company.