Bids and Proposals Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Bids & Proposals Manager to join a major international aerospace and helicopter organisation, supporting high-value domestic and international campaigns. This is a Temporary contract until October 2026 with the possibility of extension. 

This role sits within a busy International Campaigns environment and offers the chance to work on complex, business-critical bids while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across the UK, Europe, and the US.

The Role Reporting to the Senior Bids & Proposals Manager, you will lead and coordinate the end-to-end preparation and submission of complex bids and proposals, ensuring they are:

• Customer-focused
• Technically compliant
• Commercially competitive
• Delivered on time

Working closely with Campaign Managers, you will help shape winning bid strategies by understanding customer operational needs, defining win themes, and aligning pricing strategies.

You’ll act as the focal point for each opportunity, providing clear bid leadership to cross-functional and cross-geographical Integrated Campaign Teams (ICTs).

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the full bid lifecycle from opportunity qualification through to final submission
• Interpret detailed customer requirements and communicate them effectively to internal Subject Matter Experts
• Ensure proposals are clearly defined, compliant, and competitively priced
• Support campaign strategy development, including win themes and pricing-to-win activities
• Interface with stakeholders across engineering, commercial, finance, and programme teams
• Manage bids across multiple domestic and international markets (UK, Italy, Poland, US)
• Support final bid delivery, with occasional travel to domestic and overseas locations

What’s On Offer

• Exposure to high-profile international aerospace and defence campaigns
• Opportunity to develop deep product knowledge within the helicopter domain
• Access to structured bid management development aligned with APMP standards
• Supported professional development through formal learning and on-the-job experience
• Potential international travel as part of campaign delivery

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Business for this vacancy.