Bid Manager
Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits
Welwyn Garden City
Days Only (Mon-Fri)
gap technical are proud to be representing this global manufacturing business in their search for a Bid Manager to work at their facility based near Welwyn Garden City
Performance Objectives
Proposal & RFQ Management
- Serve as the focal point for all customer RFQs, coordinating internal inputs and timelines.
- Own the proposal development process from receipt of RFQ through submission.
- Ensure proposals fully meet customer technical, commercial and contractual requirements.
- Track proposal milestones, deadlines and deliverables to ensure on-time, high-quality submissions.
- Maintain proposal templates, compliance matrices and standard content data sets.
NPI & Bid Governance
Lead NPI meetings for Bid/No-Bid reviews, ensuring cross-functional alignment on:
- Technical feasibility
- Commercial risk and margin
- Capacity and delivery capability
- Drive clear actions, decisions and accountability from bid reviews through award or no-bid decisions.
- Document and communicate outcomes, risks and next steps to stakeholders.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Act as the interface between Commercial, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement and Finance during proposal development.
- Facilitate timely and accurate cost, lead time, technical and compliance inputs.
- Challenge assumptions and ensure proposals are both competitive and executable.
- Support Customer Order Acknowledgement activities linked to price verification.
Customer-Facing Support
- Support Commercial Team in clarifying customer requirements and proposal scope.
- Manage RFQ communications, including clarifications, amendments and submission logistics.
- Ensure professional, accurate and consistent customer-facing documentation.
Process & Continuous Improvement
- Improve proposal processes, tools and governance to reduce proposal submission time and improve win rate.
- Track proposal metrics (win/loss, cycle time, common gaps, no-bid reasons).
- Support lessons learned and best-practice sharing across the Commercial and wider management team.
Person Specification
Essential
- Experience in proposals, bid management, program coordination or commercial operations (aerospace or manufacturing strongly preferred).
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional meetings and drive decisions.
- High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple RFQs simultaneously.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable working with technical and commercial stakeholders.
Desirable
- Experience with NPI or gated bid review processes (Bid/No-Bid).
- Understanding of aerospace manufacturing, supply chain and quality requirements.
- Familiarity with costing models, margins and commercial risk assessment.
- Experience with specific ERP, CRM or proposal management tools.
Closing Date: 12/06/2026
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