Manufacturing Bids Manager. Job in Bolton LilyLifestyle Jobs

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.

Role: Manufacturing Bid Lead | Location: Bolton (2 days on site per week) | Hours: 37 per week | Hourly Rate: £30‑33 per hour (Umbrella, inside IR35) | Clearance: BPSS required before starting; Full SC to follow

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 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 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. Experience within an engineering or production environment is preferred.
• 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.

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