Looking for a new challenge?

Do you want variety in your work, and support to realise your full potential?

The Bid Centre at Softcat is a central, collaborative function that supports a wide range of formal bids across the business. We're proud of the strong relationships we've built, our clear and structured ways of working, and a supportive culture that enables us to deliver high‑quality bids at pace, without compromising on detail or accuracy.

Success. The Softcat Way.

It's an exciting time to be at Softcat, one of the UK's most successful technology solutions businesses. We help customers to use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first. We've reached the £1 billion+ pa revenue milestone, opened our first office outside the UK and picked up a series of industry awards. We've got even bigger plans. So, if you share our drive and ambition, get ready to achieve more from your career.

Do you want to have an impact and join a business where you can make a difference?

As a Cisco Bid Solutions Manager, you'll work alongside a Bid Manager on key Cisco bids across the business. This role is focused on developing comprehensive, high‑quality Cisco solutions that meet and exceed customer requirements, while showcasing the full value Softcat can offer beyond licensing.

You'll play a key role in bringing together multiple teams across the business — including Licensing, Cisco Technical Practice, ITAM and Customer Success — to deliver tailored, compliant, and compelling bid responses. You'll also contribute to building and maintaining a strong bid content repository, ensuring bids are supported by accurate and up‑to‑date resources.

As a Cisco Bid Solutions Manager, you'll be responsible for:

• Collaborating with cross‑functional teams including Licensing, Cisco Technical Practice, ITAM and Customer Success Managers
• Working closely with Bid Managers on key Cisco bids to develop tailored, strategic solutions
• Ensuring solutions demonstrate value beyond licensing and align with customer requirements
• Supporting the creation, maintenance and improvement of Cisco bid content and supporting materials
• Identifying opportunities to upsell and showcase the breadth of the Cisco portfolio in line with Softcat's wider strategy

What we need from you

• Strong understanding of the Cisco portfolio, including networking, security and cloud solutions
• Experience developing solutions for bids, ensuring all elements align to customer needs
• A collaborative approach with strong interpersonal skills to build relationships across multiple teams
• Confidence working across a wide range of stakeholders and functional areas
• A proactive, organised mindset with the ability to manage priorities and support bid deadlines

Work in a way that works for you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
• Working flexible hours – flexing the times you start and finish during the day

Working with us

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You'll feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.

Join us

To become part of the success story, please apply now.

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence.

You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/