The Bid Manager plays a central business development role, supporting Culina’s group-wide approach to winning new business through effective bid management, market intelligence, and maintenance of the BD Excellence knowledge base. The role is responsible for coordinating high-quality, timely proposal submissions and ensuring that the business has access to the content, insight, and collateral needed to respond effectively to client opportunities.
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities
Bid Management
Manage bids end-to-end from receipt of RFI documentation through to RFQ submission.
Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to ensure content is developed, reviewed, and delivered in line with submission deadlines.
Support the production of proposal documents, including desktop publishing and content creation such as case studies and market insight material.
Manage bid submissions through a variety of client channels, including email, online portals, and procurement systems.
BD Excellence Knowledge Base
Create, maintain, and manage key facts, figures, and sales collateral for use in proposals across the Culina Group.
Ensure proposal documents are accurately indexed, stored, and accessible for future use.
Market Intelligence
Conduct market research to support ongoing industry trend analysis and the development of customer insight materials.
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Culina Group is hiring a Bid Manager
About company
We are a market leading ambient and chilled food & drink 3PL specialist, providing warehousing, distribution, contract packing and a bonded division with extensive expertise in relation to dutiable goods across the UK and Ireland. We have recently added both Fresh and Food Manufacturing divisions and are looking towards the future and the continuation of being one of the leading logistics companies within the UK.
Using modern IT infrastructure, including warehouse management systems, satellite tracking and client interfaces we are able to offer unrivalled customer support, ensuring that you always know where your products are. Online up to date data is always available through customer web portals allowing you to track your goods from anywhere, while a significant investment of over £2.5m in customer service infrastructure over the last five years ensures that we exceed customer expectations not just once or twice, but every single time.
Working hand in hand with some of the globe's leading brands and manufacturers is an everyday event at Culina Group, plus with a multitude of own-label producers and developing companies, all are catered for with an efficient and flexible infrastructure. Importantly, our strategic focus is on food & drink logistics within a shared-user environment, which is driven by volume and critical mass. This ultimately delivers an efficient and cost effective solution for clients of all sizes.
We are committed to future proofing our business by investing in teams, network, systems, sector and the environment, which will ensure we continue to provide clients with a robust supply chain platform which performs beyond expectations every day. The latest two service additions of Fresh and Food Manufacturing are testament to this ethos, ensuring that we continue to become a leading light within the logistics industry.