Bid Manager Salary in Chicago, IL

How much does a Bid Manager make in Chicago, IL? The average Bid Manager salary in Chicago, IL is $57,735 as of December 28, 2020, but the salary range typically falls between $50,091 and $67,302. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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What is a Bid Manager?

A Bid Manager is an executive sales role within an organization, responsible for managing bids generally in response to request for proposals (RFPs) from customers, but also as proactive pursuits for business. Bid managers orchestrate the creation of the solution and proposal as â€˜Bid Project Managersâ€™ ensuring compliance with customer requirements while highlighting company value proposition. The role of a Bid Manager often works with company board directors and C-level management (i.e. CEO, CFO) to bring and deliver strategic approaches to win bids....

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Senior Bid Proposal Project Manager (Bilingual, French)

Aon - Chicago , IL

Aon is looking for a Sr. Bid Proposal Project Manager As part of an industry-leading team, you will help empower results for our clients by delivering innovative and effective solutions supporting ...

America’s Job Exchange - 10 days ago

Digital Media Manager

Starcom - Chicago , IL

The ideal candidate will have prior online trafficking and campaign management experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and prior experience with bid management platforms and active ...

LinkedIn - 8 days ago

Search Marketing Manager

Jellyfish - Chicago , IL

Bid Budget Management * Collaboration with Senior Manager and Director on driving account growth * Collaboration with Operations team on implementation of campaign updates * Campaign Reporting ...

LinkedIn - 7 days ago

Digital Media Manager

DAC - Chicago , IL

... bid management platforms (Acquisio, Kenshoo, Media Optimizer, Marin, DoubleClick). Certifications would be even better! Accountabilities: * Work closely with account service teams to consistently ...

LinkedIn - 8 days ago

Digital Media Manager

UScellular - Chicago , IL

Oversee certain SEM campaigns with agency partners, including planning, bid management, ad copy, keywords expansion, implementation, monitoring, landing pages testing and on-going optimization as ...

LinkedIn - 34 days ago

Media Supervisor

360i - Chicago , IL

You understand key performance metrics against diverse marketing goals, and how to apply those KPIs to SEM execution, bid management, and insight development. · You will be comfortable in a client ...

LinkedIn - 3 days ago

What does a Bid Manager do?

Bid Manager

Assist with contract compliance on ferry contracts and liaison with ferry clients in a professional, effective and efficient manner.

January 12, 2020

Review all customer requirements to ensure that they are met in the proposal and collaborate with a wide variety of involved parties to include all necessary information within the proposals.

May 24, 2020

Provide feedback and support to financial management to support CFO with establishing budgets, P&L reporting in order to achieve annual earnings goals.

June 02, 2020

Lead customer facing activities (customer interviews, Q/A sessions, project milestone meetings, design approvals, final acceptance procedures) from bid generation to project acceptance and closure.

June 03, 2020

Support Global Sales Opportunities in defining optimal water and wastewater treatment solutions offerings in budget and firm proposals through the entire sales cycle.

July 10, 2020

Develop sustainable processes and content to ensure we can scale efficiently and effectively and make the best use of our resources eg build proposal handbooks, knowledge bases with boilerplate content.

July 17, 2020

Tracks risk, risk impact and mitigation plan throughout the bid process, including the schedule and cost impact associated with the risk, defining the program contingency.

July 23, 2020

Manage the bid and proposal processes to ensure a focused and consistent approach to development and submission of bids or proposals compliant with company policy, FAR and DFAR, and contract requirements Periodically assess, recommend changes to, and fully document updates to the bid and proposal process.

July 25, 2020

Prepare the Costing package for TRM (Tender Review Meeting) (cost analysis/bridges, standard report, cash curve, etc), and support the tender leader on the preparation of the pricing sheet for the customer.

August 15, 2020

Demonstrated and advanced knowledge of the wind energy construction market, estimating strategies, estimating techniques, cost control, and scheduling of work.

August 21, 2020

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Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ (listen), locally also /-ˈkɔː-/), officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in Illinois, as well as the third most populous city in the United States. With an estimated population of 2,716,450 (2017), it is the most populous city in the Midwest. Chicago is the principal city of the Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, and the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States. The metropolitan area, at nearly 10 million people, is the third-largest in the United States, and the fourth largest in North A...

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Understand the total compensation opportunity for a Bid Manager, base salary plus other pay elements

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

50091

67302

57735

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

50684

68147

58369

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Bid Manager in Chicago, IL. The base salary for Bid Manager ranges from $50,091 to $67,302 with the average base salary of $57,735. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $50,684 to $68,147 with the average total cash compensation of $58,369.

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About Chicago, Illinois Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ (listen), locally also /-ˈkɔː-/), officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in Illinois, as well as the third mos....More

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