Bid Manager (m/f/d)

We are The Campaign Business Unit is a 100% subsidiary of Bertelsmann and is part of the Bertelsmann Marketing Services division.

For more than 25 years, we have been known on the market as an international specialist for comprehensive services in marketing, document management and loyalty.

We help well-known companies to build a long-term and successful relationship with their customers. This includes data management, analysis and communication control. In addition to our headquarters in Gütersloh, we have two other locations in Offenbach/a.M. and in Neckarsulm with more than 400 employees: inside.

Your job As a Bid Manager (m/w/d), you are responsible for the process from the identification of relevant alerts to the successful bid delivery. You combine structured work with a good sense of customer requirements, competition and chances of graduation. You work closely with sales, departments and key account teams, end-to-end control complex supply processes and develop offers that convince. In your role, you bring the different teams to the point. You will get a lot of design space to make the area more sustainable, using AI experiences and use cases and implementing them. This will help you win new customers and new orders.

Your tasks in detail

• You screen and evaluate tenders in the public and private business environment - with a view to fit, effort and win potential.
• You are taxing the supply process at the end-to-end - from the first assessment on internal coordination to the timely levy.
• You structure incoming inquiries, brief the departments and merge all content into convincing offers and concepts.
• Together with sales and specialist departments, you develop competitive prices and align legal and data protection requirements.
• You prepare offer presentations and bidding discussions professionally and accompany them actively.
• You communicate with writing-out posts and accompany customers structured through the tender process.
• For a clean transfer of won projects to the Key Account teams.
• You develop sustainable structures and processes in the Bid Management.
• You establish standards, templates and best practices for efficient offering management.
• You use digital tools and AI to make offering processes faster, smarter and scalable.

Your profile Must-have

• Completed commercial studies or comparable professional experience
• Professional experience in Bid Management, Tender Management, Proposal Management or Call Management
• Experience in controlling complex (offer) processes with multiple stakeholders
• Structured, precise and solution-oriented operation *Expressed communication skills and joy in cross-departmental cooperation

Nice-to-have • Technical understanding, ideally in the environment IT and/or print processes

• Experience with public tenders, offer scaling or pricing
• Interest or first experience in using digital tools and AI

Your Benefits We are an employer that gives you confidence and promotes innovation and fresh ideas through flexible structures. Anyone who works with us and advances a lot can also expect a lot. As part of Bertelsmann, we resort to a large portfolio of social benefits: WORK-LIFE-BALANCE Flexible working time without core working hours | up to 2 days/week Mobile Work | 30 days per year ATTRACTIVE SCOPE Christmas money | Capital benefits | various retirement offers TRAINING Bertelsmann University | (unlimited) Access to e-learning offers | Financial support for continuing vocational training/study COOPERATION Subsidised Germany Ticket | Up to 40% discount on Bertelsmann products | Over 800 Corporate Benefits Partners | Subsidied holding canteen | E charging columns HEALTH MANAGEMENT Occupational physician:inside | Sports, Health courses | Sportnavi | Cooperation with gyms in the area | Operational social service | Bertelsmann