Manufacturing Bids Manager. Job in Bolton LilyLifestyle Jobs in Bolton le Sands

Our client has an opportunity for a Manufacturing Bid Lead to join their team on a 12‑month contract with possible extension. The role is based in Bolton with two days on site per week and involves generating and delivering manufacturing bids, ensuring competitiveness and compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Generation of Manufacturing Bids for Industrial Transfer packages of work, ensuring they are competitive, compliant and 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 closely 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 evolving 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 participate in Functional & Strategic Change activities, supporting best practice & functional excellence.
• Develop and maintain key relationships with internal customers and key subcontractors.

Requirements:

• 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 is preferred.
• Experience working on complex bids with a proven record of accomplishment in the generation of costed proposals/manufacturing bids.
• Commercially astute, working with cost models to generate costings for direct and indirect, materials and other costs associated with manufacturing of products.
• Strong presentation skills; bid packs and 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.
• Experience communicating at a high level, interfacing with key stakeholders in order to respond to complex situations and effectively influence the function and wider business.
• Ability to build strong relationships, with experience of working within multi‑functional teams and delivering in a timely manner.
• Enthusiastic, proactive and tenacious individual who can prioritise and understand strategic business needs as well as managing the day‑to‑day tactical decision.
• Experience in the application of Project Management skills at assistant level in a relevant business environment.
• To succeed in this role, you will be required to be decisive, consistent and influential.