Bid Lead

Here's what you'll be doing

Location - Nottingham

Salary - £45,636 - £57,937 plus excellent benefits and career progression

Are you an experienced Bid Manager ready to take the next step in your career? If you're ready to thrive in a role that blends strategic oversight with hands-on delivery-and you're passionate about making a difference in the low-carbon space-we want to hear from you!

At E.ON UK Green Funding Solutions, we partner with Local Authorities to deliver energy efficiency and renewable heating programmes that support the UK Government's 2050 net-zero carbon target.

In this role, you'll manage and mentor a team of skilled writers, overseeing the delivery of high-quality, client-focused bids-ranging from Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs) to Invitation to Tender (ITT) and Request for Proposal (RFP) submissions.

This is a key leadership role, where you'll lead the end-to-end bid process for local authority and government-funded retrofit and low-carbon domestic housing projects, identify open-market opportunities and support direct award proposals in collaboration with our Business Development team and drive bidding strategy, improve win rates, and contribute to the success of both Green Funding Solutions and our wider Solutions division.

Main Responsibilities of the role

• To lead and submit successful, commercially viable, fully costed proposals and responses to achieve GFS targets.
• Plan and coordinate bid team resource(s) and prioritise bid activity.
• Conduct extensive client research and devise detailed capture plans highlighting win themes and bid team activity key to reach favourable outcome(s).
• In collaboration with the wider business, and within each bid, identify and maximise pan E.ON opportunities.
• Review initial tender documentation and recommend bid strategy for each opportunity to the Proposition Manager.
• Develop the bid teams' expertise and competencies as required by the competitive, evolving solutions market.
• Maintain an evolving library of high quality, compelling bid responses for use by bid teams and associated EON teams.
• Proactively identify and access bid databases /lists in order to secure Green Funding contracts and expand the scope of E.ON's market involvement. Identify opportunities for other EIS pillar.
• Liaise with the Pre-contract Commercial team to ensure that the commercial response maximises the potential score for each tender.
• Liaise with the Pre-Contracts Coordinators and Legal to ensure the review of the bid contract is completed within the clarification window to enable negotiation.
• Fully support the Proposition Manager in a delegated authority role for the Bid Team duties, during holidays, absence, meetings etc.
• Inform and consult with key internal functions to ensure all cross-E.ON support and appreciation of implications of bid.
• Identify and recommend key process improvements to implement, increase opportunities and minimise risk.
• For each bid, highlight key risks and opportunities associated with the potential project.
• Input into weekly governance meetings taking actions to ensure the business can maximise value and minimise risk.

What we need from you

• Demonstrate experience of securing complex multi-million contracts with LA/HA clients, ideally in an energy efficiency setting via structured tendering processes.
• Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to challenge and develop best practice.
• Experience of managing, mentoring and developing individuals.
• Excellent skills in creative writing and attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent personal organisation skills with the ability to manage conflicting tasks and challenging deadlines in a calm and methodical manner.
• Good project management skills, liaising with all internal teams (including Pre-contract, delivery, operations and commercial) on tendering processes.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to be persuasive and influence situations, decisions and people.
• Ability to develop and sustain professional relationships and networks.
• Able to work alone and use own initiative.
• Highly competent Microsoft office user especially in Word and Excel.

It would be great if you have

• Foundation and Practitioner Association of Proposal Management (APMP/Shipley) qualifications.
• Good commercial acumen and able to understand where E.ON can add value to schemes over and above the delivery requirements.
• Understanding of contractual terms and conditions and able to advise on their impact to the team.
• Enhanced conflict resolution skills covering internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to motivate, monitor and encourage direct reports.
• Ensure proposal documents follow standard formatting and quality standards and adhere to E.ON governance.
• Demonstrate understanding of the key benefits of energy saving measures to promote these within the tender.

Here's what you need to know

Award-Winning Benefits : Our market-leading benefits package includes 26 days of holiday plus bank holidays, a generous pension scheme, life cover, bonus opportunities, and access to 20 flexible benefits with tax and/or NI savings. Recognised with the Personnel Today Reward, Recognition and Benefits Award 2022, our benefits truly stand out.

Recognised for Family-Friendly and Hybrid Policies : In 2024, we earned Double Recognition at the Personnel Today Awards for our exceptional family-friendly and hybrid working initiatives. Lets discuss how we can work together flexibly.

Inclusive Employer : As the only energy company in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers (currently ranked 8th), we're committed to equal opportunities, diversity, and fairness for everyone.

Support for Disabled Applicants : As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview for all disabled candidates who meet the minimum role criteria.

Development Opportunities : With inclusive talent networks, learning resources, and skill-building programs, your career growth is a priority.

At a glance

Reference no.: 238030 Closing date: 21/07/2025 Salary: £45,636 - £57,937

Get in touch

For more information about the role please contact the Recruiter, Lis - lis.wood@eon-uk.com

About us

E.ON is a privately owned international energy company. Our 75,000 colleagues in 15 countries work daily towards the improvement of technical innovations and user-friendly customer solutions for the new energy world. We are the first large energy company to focus more heavily upon the energy of the future through our three business areas of energy networks, renewable energies and customer solutions.

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