ATA Recruitment Looking for Bid Manager – Aerospace manufacture at Blackburn Full Time

Bid Manager – Aerospace Manufacture

Blackburn area

3-6 month contract

£30p/h – £35p/h DOE (Ltd co. outside IR35 OR PAYE)

Aerospace / manufacturing / engineering / Composites / Heat Treatments

I am working with a key client in the Blackburn area, who are a world leading manufacturer of components, body and structures to the Aerospace sectors. They are looking for an experienced Bid Manager, a key member of the core Business Development team, responsible for managing bids through the win-work lifecycle and successfully onto contract with clients.

This person is responsible for the quality of all aspects of the bid including written documentation and presentations, ensuring all bid documentation is clear and concise.

For this position of Bid Manager, you will require to conduct the following duties:

v  Working closely with technical and engineering depts, business development and the wider organisation to produce professional bids

v  Responsible for the receipt of all data and system logging of RFQ’s RFI’s and other enquires.

v  Carry out and sign off contract review for new purchase orders received

v  Carry out the initial Bid/No Bid review

v  Ensure the Bid log is up to date and accurate at all times

v  Liaising with the Sales Managers to obtain feedback from the customer in relation to Won/Lost/Pending

v  Ensuring all necessary information, guidelines and supporting documentation is available to successfully undertake commercial and quality review activities

v  Gather all data from either customer, external source or internally to ensure a successful bid can be submitted

v  Work with the Head of Business Development in establishing and testing the win strategy, including co-ordinating and supporting any required customer relationship and stakeholder management campaign activities.

v  Weekly reporting on Bid Register, and reporting weekly KPI’s as agreed to the Head of Business Development

v  Collate RFQ pack and issue to the Estimating team

v  Quotation over-check

v  Submittal of all quotations to customers

The successful person will need to have the following Bid management attributes:

v  Ideally HNC Aerospace/Engineering

v  Cost estimating relevant processes in an aerospace manufacturing environment

v  Experience of working with manufacturing/ aerospace sector, ideally composites and surface treatments etc.

v  Capable of reading and translating technical drawings and Bill of Materials

v  Understand qualities gates and approvals

v  High level of influencing, negotiation and problem-solving skills

v  Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with customers

v  Ability to successfully plan and prioritise workload

v  Experience to motivate and inspire others

v  Able to obtain a high level of work from the team to ensure all deadlines are met efficiently and that the bid is of the highest quality possible

v  Knowledge & use of ERP Systems

v  Computer literate – competent level of Excel knowledge

The benefits of this position:

v  Working for a world class organisation

v  A growing and established company, with a positive working environment

v  Highly rewarding interim position

I am looking to speak to experienced Bid Managers, ideally from Aerospace manufacturing, who are looking for a rewarding and challenging interim position. For more information please contact Luke Corr, Principal Contracts Consultant at ATA Recruitment.

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