Manufacturing Project Manager / Bid Lead
Posted 2 days ago by Tatton Recruitment
£33 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Bolton
Summary: The Manufacturing Project Manager / Bid Lead role at a leading Defence Organisation in Bolton involves managing manufacturing bids and delivering industrial transfer projects. The position requires a hybrid working arrangement, with two days on-site each week, and is suited for candidates with experience in bid management and project management within the defence, aerospace, or manufacturing sectors. The contract is for an initial duration of 12 months, with potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Generate competitive and compliant manufacturing bids for industrial transfer packages.
- Deliver industrial transfer projects or sub-projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
- Lead the Manufacturing Offload Process and support project teams in identifying offload opportunities.
- Implement Manufacturing Industrial Policy/Strategy aligned with business pipelines and technology roadmaps.
- Manage stakeholder interfaces and ensure accurate reporting of project performance.
- Support the New Business Team in identifying new business opportunities.
- Participate in developing and modifying manufacturing processes and procedures.
- Collect, summarise, and present data for decision-making.
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal customers and subcontractors.
Key Skills:
- Proven project management experience in delivering fixed cost programmes within a matrix organisation.
- Strong communication skills for interfacing with stakeholders and influencing business functions.
- Experience in generating costed proposals and manufacturing bids.
- Commercial acumen in working with cost models for manufacturing.
- Strong presentation skills for creating bid packs and cost brochures.
- Ability to ensure effective process governance and adherence to policies.
- Experience with project management toolsets like SAP/Primavera P6.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Planning and scheduling skills for developing detailed project plans.
- Knowledge of aerospace industry regulations and standards.
Salary (Rate): £33/hour
City: Bolton
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
World Class Defence Organisation based in Bolton is currently looking to recruit a Manufacturing Project Manager / Bid Lead subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract. The role will be a hybrid role of working from home and onsite (2 days per week). This role would suit a candidate who has bid manager / bid proposals experience along with a project manager experience. A defence / aerospace / manufacturing background would be great.
Job Title: Manufacturing Project Manager / Bid Lead
Rate: £33 per hour
Location: Bolton
Hybrid / Remote working: 2 days per week onsite
Contract: 37 Hours per week
Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’
Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)
Manufacturing Project Manager / Bid Lead Job Description:
- Generation of Manufacturing Bids for Industrial Transfer packages of work, ensuring they are competitive, compliant and are in line with all business and commercial criteria.
- Deliver Industrial Transfer projects or sub-projects, ensuring they are delivered to agreed time, budget and quality. Regularly reviewing and reporting on progress and, where necessary, intervening to resolve issues so that the project is delivered to plan. Ensuring accurate reporting of progress against all aspects of project performance and interpreting requirements back to manufacturing.
- Lead the Manufacturing Offload Process, supporting Manufacturing Functions and project teams in the identification of Offload Opportunities. Working close with Procurement Functions (ISP-S and MEP) in the identification of suitable Offload suppliers. Generating Business Cases to support the Offload Opportunities and ensuring governance to the process is adhered to.
- Lead the implementation of Manufacturing Industrial Policy / Strategy, ensuring it aligns with the New Business Pipelines and Technology Roadmaps.
- Manage stakeholder interfaces including internal customers and ensure accurate reporting of progress against all aspects of project performance
- Support the New Business Team in the identification of new business opportunities and the development of approaches to winning the business.
- Participate in developing, maintaining and modifying manufacturing processes and procedures in assigned areas in accordance with relevant standards, best practice and developing needs.
- Collect, summarise and present information or data, carrying out pre-defined analyses and ensuring completeness and accuracy, and provide it to others for use in decision-making.
- Actively participates in Functional & Strategic Change activities, support best practice & functional excellence.
- Developing and maintaining key relationships with internal customers and key subcontractors
Skillset/experience required:
- Experienced Project Manager with a proven track record in the delivery of fixed cost programmes, of significant value, within a matrix organisation. Experience within an engineering or production environment would be of preference.
- Experience at communicating at a high level, interfacing with key stakeholders in order to respond to complex situations and effectively influence the function and wider business.
- Experience in the application of Project Management skills at assistant level in a relevant business environment
- Experience working on complex bids advantageous with a proven record of accomplishment in the generation of costed proposals/manufacturing bids. Experience within an engineering or production environment would be of preference.
- Commercially astute as working with cost models to generate costings for direct/in directs, materials and other costs associated with manufacturing of products
- Strong presentation skills as the bid packs / cost brochures are generated using PowerPoint and presented to the Senior Management Team for approval
- Ability to articulate theory that has been applied to a costing approach and ensure evidence is collated for audit purposes
- Ensuring manufacturing is a key stakeholder in the generation of bid data throughout the Life Cycle of the Project/Product and adequately prepared to manage and deliver competitive and complaint bid proposals.
- Ensure effective process governance in assigned areas ensuring projects adhere to all policies and procedures, promoting a culture of best practice sharing and knowledge exploitation, and contributing to relevant overall bidding activities
- Excellent communication skills, as the Bid Team work across all programmes, there are a lot of stakeholders and it is important to create own networks and build strong relationships experience of working within multi-functional teams
- Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team, with a proactive approach
- Ability to articulate theory that has been applied to a costing approach and ensure evidence is collated for audit purposes
- Planning & Scheduling: Developing detailed project plans, schedules, and milestones.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring adherence to aerospace industry regulations and standards.
- Project Management Toolsets: SAP/Primavera P6