Bid Manager (Temporary) - Mercell

Working at Mercell
At Mercell, our mission is to revolutionize public procurement, making public procurement accessible and effortless for everyone involved. We are the leading public procurement platform, connecting public buyers and visionary suppliers and driving efficiency and shaping tomorrow's public services.

With a dynamic culture built on trust, collaboration, and teamwork, Mercell offers an environment where your talents can thrive. You’ll be part of a high-performing, international team, but with the critical mandate of securing our position in your home market.

Your Mission
As Bid Manager, you will join our international Sales organization and Bid Management team. Your core focus will be on the local public sector, but with opportunities to engage with clients across northern Europe. You will serve as the critical link in ensuring Mercell’s technology wins key public tenders, helping sustain our growth while maintaining high standards of responsiveness and quality.

Due to the current increasing volume of opportunities we need additional capacity and this role will provide essential support to meet the growing demand.

Core Responsibilities

• Drive and own the full bid management lifecycle, leveraging exceptional project leadership skills to ensure timely submission of high-quality RFI responses and winning bids.
• Collaborate seamlessly with the assigned sales representative and technical, legal, and finance teams to ensure all bid aspects are robustly addressed.
• Develop and execute bid strategies that align with Mercell’s growth goals and your country’s specific regulatory requirements of public tenders.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience (ideally 3+ years) in delivering quality public bids (B2G) within the SaaS industry.
• Demonstrated capacity for end-to-end ownership of complex, high-stakes deliverables with meticulous attention to detail and a strong focus on flawless execution.
• Strong understanding of tender management processes, procurement solutions, and public procurement regulations.
• Fluency in the local language (written and spoken) and English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to execute in a fast paced and evolving environment.
• Self-starter mentality with fast learning abilities and strong curiosity about public sector challenges.

Start date: As soon as possible
Duration: Temporary
Workplace type: Hybrid remote
Location: Norway (Oslo), Sweden (Stockholm), Finland (Helsinki), or Denmark (Copenhagen).
Application deadline: We strive to hire multiple team members by 31.12.25. So please do not wait to submit your application - we will read applications and talk to potential candidates as we receive them.

What we offer
As a fast growing technology company, we are committed to taking care of our employees through initiatives such as hybrid work to support work-life balance, health and insurance plans (may differ per country/office), pension plans, paid parental leave, social happenings and competitive salary packages. Please see https://career.mercell.com/posts/our-perks-benefits to get more insights on what to expect of perks, benefits and culture when joining Mercell.

Has this sparked your interest?
Then we can't wait to have you join our mission and looking forward to receiving your application!

We may carry out background checks on applicants to verify information that appears on CVs and other documentation. This background check is carried out by an external party and is not carried out without the consent of the applicant. Current applicants will receive further information about this.

Department
Commercial Revenue Buy Side

Locations
Stockholm, Copenhagen , Oslo, Helsinki

Remote status
Hybrid

Employment type
Temporary

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About Mercell
Mercell is the largest public tendering and bidding platform for European buyers and suppliers, dedicated to enhancing connectivity between public buyers and suppliers. We make tenders compliant and easy, while enabling equal opportunity for all suppliers to the public sector.

At Mercell, we're on a mission to revolutionise public procurement, making it accessible and effortless for everyone involved. Imagine a world where public buyers and visionary suppliers come together seamlessly to make a great deal easier and shape the future. That's what we're all about.

With a dynamic culture built on continuous growth, trust, and collaboration, Mercell offers an environment where your talents can thrive. You will be part of an international environment with ambitious and dedicated colleagues who are passionate about what they do and supported to be themselves.