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Bid and Commercial Manager

  • Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
  • Business Development
  • Experienced Professionals
  • 55158
  • Apply Now

What's the role?

Are you a passionate Commercial Manager with proven experience of bid, proposal and risk management on large projects and with a strong drive to outperform?

Are you looking to make a real difference and impact from day one and take your career to the next level, with an award-winning employer?

Here at Hilti GB, we have a brand-new position based from our Manchester HQ for a Bid and Commercial Manager (known internally as a Bid and Proposal Manager) to deliver high quality bids and proposals for large private and public sector project initiatives, to further strengthen our exciting expansion plans in Great Britain and beyond.

In this exciting role, you will have the new and unique opportunity to help win and complete on some of the largest Construction projects in GB and Europe with prestigious customers in the industry, whilst having autonomy and influence, along with receiving world-class training and development to help you drive your career forward.

Who is Hilti?

At Hilti, we are a passionate global team committed to making construction better. As a trusted partner for productivity, safety, and sustainability, we provide our customers innovative solutions that impact the buildings, roads, and infrastructure people rely on every day.

Hilti is where individuals grow lasting careers by exploring possibilities, maximizing their potential, owning their development, and making a real difference every day.


What does the role involve?

  • Commercial Risk Management:  You will identify, analyse and mitigate commercial risks, and derive pricing that reflects the full solution value for Hilti, while working closely across functions to assess pricing and mitigate risks.
  • Bid and Proposal Management:  You will review tender documents, understand customer requirements, and develop winning proposal strategies, whilst influencing and leading cross functional teams, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.
  • Overall contact management:  You will lead then end-to-end process, from drafting contracts, negotiating terms, reviewing
    conditions, contract signing, and handover, as well as commercial issues arising from contract execution phase.
  • Commercial Support:  You will provide strategic commercial advice during project acquisition, influence customer decisions, and lead internal discussions to help the Business Development team better position Hilti when bidding for large projects.

93% of our people say they’re proud to work for Hilti, thanks to the quality of our products and the way we look after our people.

What do we offer?

We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this. Some of our benefits include:

  • A competitive base salary and excellent bonus potential
  • Company vehicle and a fuel/charging card.
  • Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally)
  • 6% employer pension contributions
  • Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
  • 33 days' holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus the ability to purchase 5 days more annually
  • Paid leave to work on charitable projects
  • Hilti Benefits Box, a reward platform offering a cycle to work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback
  • Different ways to work flexibly, including working from home and compressed hours
  • Employee resource groups focused on gender, mental health, race, disability, LGBTQ+ and sustainability topics
  • Trips to locations such as Milan, New York and global HQ for high performers across all teams

What you need is:

Essential:

  • Proven in a comparable, large-scale Bid, Proposal, Commercial Risk, Tendering and/or Contract management role, managing bids and the associated risk through all phases on major accounts and projects.
  • In depth knowledge of contractual terms and conditions, with strong customer facing experience in structuring and negotiating contracts.
  • Strong financial and commercial acumen and risk management skills, with an in-depth understanding of business process management.
  • Ability to influence and lead cross functional teams, with a strong team ethos.
Desirable:
  • Bachelor’s or higher degree in Business, Finance, Legal, Engineering or related area from an accredited university or college.
  • Experience within a multinational environment and willingness for occasional business travel across Europe.
  • Experience in energy or construction project management.
  • Highly regulated industry experience, within construction in one of the following industries: Power, Nuclear, New Build, Engineering and/or EFW.
  • Proficiency in other European language, in addition to fluency in English.

Who should apply?

We have an excellent mix of people. Success at Hilti is down to teamwork and ability, no matter what your background.


Click through the 'Apply Now' button where you will be asked to upload your CV and answer a couple of short questions – the whole process should take around 90 seconds.

If you need any support with your Bid and Commercial Manager application, please contact gbcareers@hilti.com.

What you can expect when applying to a position with Hilti:

1. We are committed to having all applications reviewed by a human and while nobody is infallible, we stand by our people centric approach to everything we do

2. Once you submit your application you can expect to receive automated notifications from our system (triggered by our recruiting team)

3. Applications that do not make it to the interview stage (with a hiring manager) will not receive personalized feedback.

4. Our end-to-end recruitment process (including evaluation time and interviews) may last between 3 and 6 weeks. You can expect to hear back from us within 2-3 weeks (on average) regardless of outcome 5. We wish you the best in your application process. Check out our career frequently asked questions for application and interview tips.

Hilti is where your best belongs. We are an equal opportunity employer and value the contributions of all our team members regardless of sex, gender identity/expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion or family status.