About us

Mantel Group is an Australian-owned technology consulting business with capabilities across Cloud, Digital, Data, Delivery & Security. Since our inception in November 2017, we have experienced remarkable growth across Australia & New Zealand and are honoured to be recognised as a Great Place to Work for 5 years in a row!

We hire smart and talented people and get out of their way. As a principle-based organisation, we have a flat structure with no hierarchy. By focusing on our five principles and not getting caught up in red tape, we trust you to get the job done!

Client Experience

Focused on long-standing and trusted relationships, the Client Experience team works closely with clients to truly understand their business needs and wants – in turn bringing the best of Mantel Group’s value propositions to add value above and beyond. From strategic account management to marketing and events to client investment, the Client Experience team is focused on delivering the best possible outcomes for our clients.

About the role

At Mantel Group, our goal is to strengthen and grow our client relationships, positioning ourselves as the preferred partner in our specialised capabilities. To help us achieve this, we are seeking a Bids & Tenders Lead to join our team. This exciting role will see you working across Mantel Group’s diverse range of services and supporting key accounts by supporting strategic bid responses and pursuits as well as playing a vital part in our continued success and growth.

Your day-to-day

As a Bids & Tenders Lead, you will help drive the bid management process, collaborating with internal stakeholders to align Mantel Group's capabilities with client needs, enabling Mantel Group to craft compelling propositions for our clients. You will help drive strategic bid pursuits from initiation to delivery, ensuring seamless engagement with both clients and teams throughout the process.

More specifically:

• Leading the end-to-end bid management process, including qualification, bid strategy and planning, team engagement, bid response and bid delivery, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Assisting in managing the tenders funnel, providing visibility, and helping to track and manage opportunities across key accounts, with a focus on ongoing and upcoming tenders.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of bid responses by helping to define success metrics, supporting process improvements, capturing lessons learned and offering input on response quality.
• Maintaining and updating bid collateral, including the response repository, case studies, templates and shared resources, ensuring materials remain current and consistent.

The role will also be responsible for research and analysis, building and maintaining relationships and looking for opportunities for continuous improvement.

What you’ll need to be successful

• Experience in, or desire to learn about, bids and strategic pursuits, guiding the end-to-end process, and working with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Experience developing strong relationships across the business, focusing on building long-lasting relationships with both technical and business stakeholders, fostering trust and collaboration.
• Ability to understand and articulate client needs, identifying, understanding and effectively communicating client needs and wants based on proposal content.
• Experience in facilitating and contributing to large-scale proposals, supporting not only the coordination and facilitation of proposals but also actively contributing to responses with quality and efficiency.
• Motivated by bringing teams together to solve client business problems, facilitating collaboration among teams to address client challenges and deliver impactful outcomes.

What you can expect from us

• You’ll get all the tools you need to hit the ground running including a new phone, laptop & swag.
• We believe in unique experiences for all. Our My Deal program allows you to tailor your yearly plan, with the support of your Leader, to decide on what’s most important to you. That might be extra professional development, extra annual leave, time to work on your side hustle, or something else completely different! One size does not fit all.
• You’ll be genuinely supported by an organisation that cares about not only you but your family as well, Mantel Group offers Flexible Personal Leave options for those unplanned moments in life.
• We support a flexible hybrid approach to working which is guided by our principles; we trust each other to “make good choices” about the best workplace locations for the requirements of the project, role and client. This can change based on our client needs.
• Mantel Group is a certified Family Inclusive Workplace, which means we are committed to improving your wellbeing at work through leading practices on flexible work, parental leave, family care and family wellbeing.
• We know you won’t have one job for life. At Mantel Group we believe in supporting our team to take their career in a direction that aligns with their passions. We have internal opportunities across Cloud, Data, Digital, Delivery & Security.

Click ‘Apply for this job’ to be considered for this role and our Talent team will be in touch.

We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage people from all backgrounds and minority groups to apply.