Manufacturing Bid Lead

216101019

£33 Per Hour

Full Time

Contract

Bolton, Greater Manchester

Procurement And Buying

Posted 3 days ago

Expires In 26 Days

Job Description

We are recruiting for a Manufacturing Bid Lead for a leading defence organisation based in Bolton.
This is a hybrid role with 2 days a week on site, 3 days WFH. Ideally you will have SC Clearance, if not you must
be eligible to obtain it.

Role Purpose:

Bid lead on behalf of manufacturing, ensure clarity of scope within Bid Directive and content aligns with manufacturing industrial policy.
Responsible for the generation of a cost base for manufacturing bids (Excel), analysing data to ensure it is quantifiable and has evidence backed data for 3-point estimating,
Responsible for the generations of manufacturing bids (PowerPoint), ensuring they are competitive, compliant and are in line with all business and commercial criteria. All risks have been assessed effectively, and are financial sound and competitive.
Ensuring at all times Manufacturing is providing value added contributions to the bid directive.
Develop, maintain a strong and collaborative working relationship with all key stakeholders, providing Manufacturing with forward visibility of future bids and market intelligence.(Skype / F2F – regular Catch up Meetings).
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.
Generating awareness of the Manufacturing Bid Team across all Programmes.
Support the New Business Team in the identification of new business opportunities and the development of approaches to winning the business.
Actively participates in Functional & Strategic Change activities, support best practice & functional excellence.
Participate fully in developing, maintaining and modifying manufacturing processes and procedures in assigned areas in accordance with relevant standards, best practice and developing needs. Keen to adopt a continuous improvement attitude.
Support to the continued validation and evolution of the cost model and bidding methodology within manufacturing to ensure competitiveness checks are in place on all bids. (Excel). Ensuring costs reflect the latest assumptions, including Unit Production Cost (UPC) using actual cost data where possible and engineering estimates where not.
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. Challenge data and information provided to ensure the Bid Pack is clear, and fully auditable back to the data source.
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

Experience:

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.

A good understanding of the manufacturing production process, from procurement right through to delivery
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
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
Experience of lessons learnt for ongoing continuous improvements in the bidding process
Ability to work to tight deadlines across multiple bids
Logical thinking, experience in data analytic and reporting
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.
Enthusiastic, pro-active and tenacious individual who can prioritise and understand strategic business needs as well as managing the day-to-day tactical decisions
To succeed in this role, you will be required to be decisive, consistent and influential.

This is an umbrella contract, the role is Inside IR35

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