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Bid Coordinator (Fixed-Term, 6 months)

Octopus Energy· Octopus Electric Vehicles – Growth
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Hybrid (London, GB)Fixed Term ContractPosted 5d ago

About the role

Bid Coordinator role within the Electric Vehicle Bid Team to respond to RFIs/RFPs, improve bid processes, and support cross-functional teams with a focus on sustainability and customer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Draft first-pass responses to RFP and tender questions using the approved content library
  • Update and iterate on our central library of reusable answers, case studies, and supporting documents
  • Manage the bid pipeline tracker: deadlines, owners, status, and outcomes
  • Coordinate input from subject matter experts, setting deadlines and chasing responses
  • Complete supporting documents such as pricing schedules, questionnaires, and compliance forms
  • Proofread, format, and quality-check responses before submission
  • Handle submissions via client portals or email, and log confirmation
  • Capture win/loss feedback and lessons learned after each bid
  • Build processes and automations to simplify, standardise and accelerate future bids

Qualifications

  • Excellent written English, with the ability to turn complex financial or technical content into clear, persuasive answers
  • Healthy skepticism around AI with human verification and critical judgement
  • Comfort analysing customer data and commercial models
  • Strong organisation and project management skills and the ability to juggle multiple deadlines
  • Confident working with senior stakeholders and chasing them politely
  • A true completer, finisher mentality
  • Experience using Google Drive, MS Office, CRM systems and other IT tools
  • Excellent listening and communication skills and ability to deliver presentations to executive audiences
  • Start-up/entrepreneurial mindset and ability to adapt to change in a fast-moving business
  • Reliable, detail-obsessed, structured, calm under deadline pressure, proactive in flagging risks
  • Experience with bid tools (e.g., Loopio, Responsive) – advantageous
  • Familiarity with B2B, B2B tech, fleet, or energy sectors – advantageous
  • APMP foundation certification – advantageous

Skills

Required:Bid managementContent library managementStakeholder managementCommunication

Benefits

  • Salary discussed on call with recruiter (flexible to match experience)
  • Autonomy and supportive culture with ownership
  • Employee benefits (perks hub linked)
  • Dog-friendly office environment
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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