Job Description:

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.

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gap technical are committed to the selection, recruitment and development of the best people, basing judgements solely on suitability for the job.

Closing Date: 12/06/2026

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