Phenomenal Bid Manager
Ever wanted to help a high-impact community to thrive on its ambitious journey? Do you want to play a key role in building a deliberately developmental organization? Read on!
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Who are we? We are Laminar Projects!
We are an award winning consultancy that implements technology to improve the delivery of complex construction projects. Improving construction strengthens the very foundation of human civilisation. (Watch our short film about it)
We also have a separate product team, Shape Construction, that takes the deep understanding of the projects we work on to develop construction management software products.
The core of all this is our true secret sauce; people. We only recruit kind and authentic people who are fast learners. We are deeply focused on designing a new type of place that is optimised for the flourishing of the people in the team first and foremost. This approach has allowed us to grow from just 2 people in 2017 to over 170 today and we are still very much at the beginning! Joining us isn’t just some “job”, we challenge you to be your best self in all aspects of life.
Our vision is designed to align how we operate with the fundamental aspects that enable anyone to have a fulfilled life:
- Connects us with meaningful relationships
- Inspires us to develop ourselves to become better humans
- Empowers us to pursue our own learning adventures
4 core values for a good life
We believe a life of human flourishing is all about meaningful relationships with others and challenging yourself to create a positive impact. Our four core values are grow yourself, care about people, execute to greatness and build civilisation. This philosophy goes much deeper and you can see more on our website.
We are achieving this vision through the following two missions:
- To fully digitise the construction of human civilisation
- To create a new type of organisation that enables human flourishing while delivering a huge positive impact on society
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The Role
Purpose of the role
You will source, write and manage the bids, RFP’s and any other technical sales related content that will be pivotal in helping us achieve our strategic goals.
Team
Our sales team work closely with a wide range of our team to win us new clients to work with. We work across the supply chain and in both the private and public sectors so there are several different angles and approaches we take to work winning but ultimately it often comes down to deeply understanding client requirements and telling great stories to reflect this understanding. Your initial leader will be our Growth Director.
Your top 3 objectives:
- To write bids & proposals that win
- To source bid & RFP opportunities we can win
- To promote & foster a culture of winning
Your top 5 responsibilities:
- Writing to win: Telling incredible stories and presenting them in a powerful way that wins us work and positions us ahead of the pack
- Strategic thinking: Using your best judgment to critically and objectively assess if a bid or RFP opportunity is something we can and should pursue
- Sourcing: Finding bid and RFP opportunities for us to consider
- Build a winning knowledge asset: Consolidating previous bid responses, best practice and lessons learned into a clear and coherent repository to aid future work
- Develop everyone and learn: Maximise the development of everyone you work with, teaching and guiding wherever possible to upskill in your area of expertise but also to learn from those you work with too
Your Capabilities:
You will be a proven sales leader with a specialism in bid writing and management.
Must-Have (The fundamentals)
- Mastery: Outstanding bid writing and bid management skills with a keen eye for detail. To prove this, please put the word “steadfast” in your cover letter.
- Communication: A confident and clear communicator, able to work with subject matter experts to extract information related to complex subjects and translate these into written format for bids and RFP’s.
- Leadership: You lead yourself proactively and lead others by asking the right questions and challenging them.
- Impact: A proven track record of writing and leading winning high value bids and RFP’s.
- Mastery: Implements and continuously improves seamless end to end bid management processes to great effect. Widely regarded as one of the best bid writing professionals in construction globally with a track record to back it up.
- Communication: A master in the art of influencing and persuasion who can lead people at all levels towards a desired outcome.
- Leadership: Manages and coaches a high performing bid team while also a recognised thought leader in engineering and construction.
- Impact: Has successfully sourced, written and won bids that have delivered a huge step change towards strategic business objectives.
Laminar isn’t the place for you if any of the following is true:
- You want an easy, chilled-out role without much challenge
- You like to be the smartest person in the room
- You don’t like continuously receiving honest candid feedback
- You prefer to do your own thing rather than work with a team
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can you tell me more about what the role is like?
Because we are fast growing all of our roles are evolving all the time so what you start with might not be what you are doing in 6 months. Initially this role will be focused on sourcing, writing and managing bids and RFP’s.
Where will I be working?
This role is likely to be mostly remote and home-based. However, if you would like to work in a co-work space to get out of the house we can arrange that. If you are in one of our locations with offices you can come as often as you like.
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Salary and Benefits
Standard Stuff
- Paid Annual Leave 25 days + statutory Bank Holidays
- Flexible hours
- Compensation for this role depends on your capability
- Pension & private health insurance
- IT Equipment
- All travel costs outside of your local area are covered
The Life-Changing Stuff
- Flexibility: Getting things done is what really matters, not what time of day you do it. That means you don’t have to ask permission for things like picking up your kids or going to the doctor, just keep your team in the loop if you think they will be affected.
- Grow your whole self: Our leaders are more like coaches and one of our main objectives is to give 5 years’ worth of learning and development for every 1 year with us. You have a coach, mentor, well-being therapist and a development-orientated environment: That’s literally what our vision is all about and the primary reason Laminar exists.
- Be surrounded by the best: We only hire and retain the very best people. You might be used to being the smartest in the room but that won’t be the case in Laminar. You will be surrounded by people you can learn from. We are 100% meritocratic so fast progression is the norm. You will be supported to excel in whichever areas you are most interested in! With Laminar, development is unbounded
- Long-term impact: We are focused on solving the biggest issues in construction project delivery in a way that can spread and outlast us
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Applying properly!!! Important!!!
We get thousands of applications so please write us a letter as part of your application explaining:
- Why do you want to join us?
- If you joined, where do you think you could make the most impact and how?
We aren't a giant faceless corporation; we really care about the people who want to join our team so all applications will be read thoroughly by our key leaders.
In terms of application, we usually start with an intro call to tell you what we are all about in a casual conversation. That helps you to know us a bit better and tell us a bit about yourself.
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