Summary: The Manufacturing Bid Lead is responsible for overseeing the generation of costed proposals and manufacturing bids within a hybrid working environment in Bolton. The role requires strong presentation and communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders and ensure compliance with commercial criteria. The successful candidate will leverage their experience in engineering or production to develop competitive bids while maintaining strong relationships across teams. A focus on continuous improvement and effective governance in bid processes is essential for success in this position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the generation of manufacturing bids, ensuring compliance with business and commercial criteria.
• Develop cost models and analyze data to create competitive and quantifiable bid proposals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure clarity of scope and alignment with manufacturing policies.
• Present bid packs and cost brochures to the Senior Management Team using PowerPoint.
• Support the New Business Team in identifying opportunities and developing winning strategies.
• Participate in functional and strategic change activities to promote best practices.
• Maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders and provide market intelligence.
• Ensure effective process governance and adherence to policies in bid activities.
• Collect and present data for decision-making, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Contribute to the validation and evolution of cost models and bidding methodologies.

Key Skills:

• Experience in generating costed proposals and manufacturing bids.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing production processes.
• Commercial acumen and ability to work with cost models.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships and work within multi-functional teams.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint for data analysis and presentations.
• Experience in continuous improvement and process governance.
• Strong analytical skills to challenge data and ensure bid clarity.
• Ability to manage and deliver competitive bid proposals.
• Experience in supporting strategic change and best practice sharing.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Bolton

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other