Bid Manager

Aramark

Bid Manager creating innovative bid proposals focusing on Food Service for Aramark. Managing tenders and collaborating with sales and operations teams in a fast-paced environment.

Posted 6/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Actively manage the tender process for a variety of bids, adding value and effective support to the sales team by leading all day-to-day bid activity.
Manage the tender process through all stages and collaborate with the sales and operations teams to create innovative and best-in-class tender documents
Work with sales and operations professionals, graphic design team and fellow bid team members to ensure on-time completion and a high level of quality
Deliver completed quality written proposal responses to Reviewers against agreed deadlines, escalating issues as required
Prepare proposal responses from a variety of stakeholders, typically involving contributions from sales, marketing, IT, culinary, finance, commercial, legal and delivery
Direct contribution of text to proposal documents and presentations, relating to our differentiators/competitive advantages, including creative writing where required
Understand the key tender win themes, or differentiators, so that they are reflected within the proposal
Create, publish and submit tender response documents

Requirements

What you’ll need

An ambition to grow within a fast-paced environment
Excellent knowledge of PowerPoint and Word packages
2-3 years’ experience in a bid management role.
Experience within food services or facility management is an advantage
Creative writing skills
Comfortable working within a rapidly changing environment
A high level of speed and accuracy
Flexibility to work around deadlines and be highly organised.
Ability to build professional relationships and good interpersonal skills
Ability to manage multiple deadlines and be calm under pressure.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A predominantly Home-based role with quarterly in-person meetings required, usually held at one of our stunning client locations
Competitive Salary as well as a bonus structure
Full training and development opportunities
Generous annual leave that increases in line with service, with the opportunity to buy extra days
Defined contribution pension scheme and life assurance benefits
Access to our employee benefits platform offering discounts at hundreds of retail and leisure providers, as well as our Well-being Hub. This hub provides on-demand, free access to a variety of resources, including guided meditations, workout videos, sleep aids, virtual GP appointments, and financial and mortgage advice
Employee Assistance Programme and in-house Mental Health Champions
FOOD! Opportunities to attend in-house events and try the culinary genius of our teams (we are a food business after all!)

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Hard Skills & Tools

bid managementproposal writingcreative writingtender process management

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillsorganizational skillsability to manage multiple deadlinescalm under pressureflexibilityattention to detail