Bid Manager

Job title:

Bid Manager

Company

Accenture

Job description

Are you an expert at guiding high-performing teams through complex bids and ensuring client success?We’re looking for a Bid Manager to drive impactful outcomes and lead our team to victory.As a Bid Manager at Accenture, you’ll be a pivotal player in driving our growth and success. In this role, you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage large-scale bids, shape winning strategies, and ensure timely, compliant proposal submissions. With your leadership, attention to detail, and strategic mindset, you’ll help us deliver exceptional client solutions.What´s in it for you

• Leadership and Responsibility: Take ownership of the bid management process from start to finish and lead high-performance teams.
• Professional Growth: Access a wide range of opportunities for personal and professional development.
• Dynamic Environment: Join a collaborative and innovative team within a global leader in technology, strategy, and consulting.
• Competitive Benefits: Receive a competitive salary, performance-based bonuses, occupational pension plans, and generous parental leave.
• Social and Wellbeing: Enjoy regular social events, community gatherings, and a range of employee interest groups.

How do you know this could be the role for you?As the Bid Manager, you’ll play a key role in managing the bid process for large, strategic deals. You will work closely with internal teams across sales, delivery, finance, legal, and solution architects to ensure bids meet client needs, are aligned with the win strategy, and are submitted on time. Your responsibilities will also include managing the bid team, handling risk and issue management, and driving the approval process. You will act as a key point of contact throughout the lifecycle, ensuring smooth communication, coordinated effort, and alignment across all stakeholders. Your leadership will be critical in ensuring that bids are compelling, competitive, and cost-effective, resulting in successful outcomes for our clients.To succeed in this role, we believe you have:

• Over 3 years of experience in bid management or similar role, with a solid track record of handling bids in complex sectors.
• Project management experience and a keen interest in working more closely with sales. This can help offset the need for extensive bid management experience.
• Strong team collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across different functions and coordinate efforts.
• A good understanding of sales processes, deal shaping, competitive positioning, and financial modeling.
• Clear and effective communication skills in both English and Norwegian, both written and verbal.
• A relevant degree or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with outsourcing, system integration, or cloud technologies is a plus.
• Flexibility in working hours to accommodate personal needs and ensure a healthy work-life balance.

The Bid Manager will report directly to the Bid Management Lead and will be based in Oslo, Norway.If you’re excited about the opportunity to make a significant impact on strategic bids and drive success for Accenture, we want to hear from you!
Apply online with your CV and Cover Letter by 31st of December 2024.
For any inquiries, contact Raluca Rohatin, Country Recruitment Lead Norway, +47 900 72 459.Please note: The official job title for this position is Bid Management Specialist, which is equivalent to a consultant-level role within Accenture Nordics.About the DepartmentAt Accenture, our Sales Excellence team empowers sales professionals to win, grow, and compete with confidence. By leveraging deep industry expertise, cutting-edge technology, and a collaborative team environment, we help our clients drive impactful results. We are now strengthening our team with individuals who have a passion for managing complex bids, leading cross-functional teams, and delivering exceptional results.About AccentureAccenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us atEqual Employment Opportunity StatementAll employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

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Location

Oslo

Job date

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 06:26:16 GMT

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