• Job Description

  Req#: R1142220

  Job Description:

  Global Bid Manager

  Brighton

  Hybrid Working Options (up to 4 days WFH per week)

  Permanent

  Full Time (35 hours per week)

  Up to £50,000 Depending on Experience + Fantastic Benefits

  Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

  Bupa Global is the international health insurance division of Bupa. We provide customers who want premium international coverage with products and services to access the healthcare they need anytime, around the world, whether at home or when studying, living, travelling or working abroad.

  Bupa Global has offices around the world including London and Brighton (UK), Dublin (Europe), Miami (USA), Dubai (UAE, in partnership with OIC), Egypt and Hong Kong (China) as well as regional offices in mainland China, Singapore, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Panama, Guatemala and Ecuador.

  Role Overview

  The Global Bid Manager will work as part of a successful high performing team focussing on small, medium and large new and renewal bids. Using strong business writing and editing skills to bring to life the Bupa Global Value Propostion, demonstrate our understanding of the client’s requirements and the difference we can make to workplace health and wellbeing.

  What you’ll do:

  • Working with the Global Bid Team Manager, Sales Leads and / or Client Managers globally, to produce high quality bids and pitches to support new business and renewals opportunities.
  • Working on small, medium and large new and renewal bids, in addition to supporting with client engagement activities such as RFIs, PQQs and pitch presentations as required. This may include providing direction to the Bid Coordinator for tasks assigned to them and also with input from the accountable Account Manager and/or Sales Lead.
  • Developing project plans, win themes and solutions for new business and renewal activity, with oversight/guidance provided by the Global Bid Team Manager on all larger, more complex or strategic opportunities.
  • Using strong business writing and editing skills to bring to life the Bupa Global Value Propostion, demonstrate our understanding of the client’s requirements and the difference we can make to workplace health and wellbeing.
  • Responsibility for driving the process to agree a regulatory, compliant and deliverable solution in order to meet clients requirements and ensuring relevant internal sign offs are obtained.
  • Acting with integrity and a customer focus to ensure all bids are compliant, accurate, on brand, tailored to a customer’s needs and are easy to evaluate.
  • Collaborating with subject matter experts from all areas of the Bupa Global business (including those in different timezones), including engaging the skills of the wider Market Engagement Team where necessary.
  • Ensuring that Pricing Product, and Legal are engaged by Sales/Client Management as required and they are aware of deliverable and timelines.

  What you’ll bring:

  • Well organised and ability to work to deadlines.
  • Have a passion for writing, with copy writing experience obtained in a business development context.
  • Ability to assimilate and condense complex information quickly, recognising the important issues.
  • Excellent attention to detail and proofreading skills.
  • Familiar with copywriting styles best suited for long and short form documents and best practices for digital activity.
  • Can demonstrate understanding of proposition development and the role of client insights in the bid process.
  • An enthusiastic team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Collaborative and proactive to actively coordinate and support the new business process.
  • Comfortable with engaging people at all levels, including senior stakeholders.
  • Good interpersonal skills, personal gravitas and ability to develop business credibility
  • An understanding of the role of writing and editing so that bid responses are heavily tailored to ensure they are customer and solution focussed.
  • Experience of driving a bid process – preferably within to an APMP best practice framework.

  Why Bupa?

  We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.

  Our benefits are driven by what matters to our people. It’s important to us that these benefits support a work-life balance that keeps people healthy, both mentally and physically. You will be eligible for:

  • 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
  • Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
  • An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
  • Annual performance-based bonus
  • Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
  • Various other benefits and online discounts

  Diversity and Inclusion

  Bupa is committed to making sure that every applicant is assessed solely on personal merit and qualifications. We actively celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and provide an inclusive environment so you can bring your true self to Bupa. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly. That’s why we’re happy to offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

  Whether you’ve found your feet or are discovering a new path.

  Welcome to a place that celebrates you.

  This isn’t where you've been.

  This is where you're going.

  This is what we have belief in.

  Time Type:

  Full time

• About the company

  Bupa's origins and global headquarters are in the United Kingdom.

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