MERITUS are recruiting for a Bid Manager specialising within the manufacturing industry to join our client within the defence industry. The company hiring, are one of the defining, world-leaders within defence and has frequently featured in the top 25 places to work over the last decade.
BID MANAGER - INSIDE IR35 - £33 PER HOUR - BOLTON - 12 MONTHS - UNDERGO SC CLEARANCE - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS
We're currently supporting a prestigious defence engineering organisation in the search for a Bid Manager to join their forward-thinking and high-performing manufacturing team. This is a brilliant opportunity for a commercially savvy and detail-driven professional to shape cost proposals for complex, high-value engineering programmes.
You'll play a key role in producing competitive, fully costed manufacturing proposals - ensuring alignment with business strategy, financial governance, and operational capability.
What You'll Be Doing:
1. Leading the development of manufacturing bids in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
2. Generating detailed cost models in Excel for materials, direct/indirect labour, and other manufacturing-associated costs.
3. Producing high-quality bid presentations and cost brochures in PowerPoint for review and approval by senior stakeholders.
4. Interpreting bid directives and ensuring proposals align with manufacturing industrial policy an...