COME JOIN OUR JOURNEY! When you join TT, you join our global community of visionaries, creators, and achievers dedicated to engineering and manufacturing electronic solutions enabling a safer, healthier and more sustainable world. Simply put, we are a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics that benefit our planet and people for future generations. We are committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships. Our teams are fuelled by performance and expertise, leading the charge in innovation, efficiency and delivering world-class customer service. Be part of the journey. We’re looking for a Bid Manager to lead high-impact proposals within our Microelectronics value stream. In this role, you’ll take ownership of end-to-end bid delivery, shaping compelling, compliant, and competitive proposals that secure both new and repeat business in markets such as Aerospace and Defence. Working closely with technical, commercial, and leadership teams, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving growth while protecting margin and quality. Key responsibilities: Reporting to the Value Stream Director, you’ll: Own the full bid lifecycle, from opportunity qualification through to submission and post-bid review. Liaise with cross-functional teams, keeping bids on track, on time, and fully compliant. Create clear, persuasive, and well-structured submissions that maximise win probability. Ensure consistency in branding, messaging, and quality across all bid materials. Build strong internal and external relationships, leading kick-offs, reviews, and customer debriefs. Track performance metrics, maintain the bid library, and capture lessons learned to drive continuous improvement. Core Requirements: The successful candidate will have: A Bachelor’s degree in business, a related field, or equivalent experience. Proven experience in bid, proposal, or tender management. Strong project management skills. Confidence managing multiple deadlines and stakeholders in parallel Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills. A proactive, innovative approach to problem-solving. What We Offer You: From this role you will have the opportunity to develop the experience needed to explore and progress to more senior leadership roles within TT Electronics Bedlington, or the wider group, if this is in your own career plan. Competitive Salary Enhanced pension contributions Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme Site incentive plan Financial wellbeing benefit Discounted online and high street shopping and lifestyle vouchers Cycle to Work Scheme Discounted RAC membership Discounted Gym membership 5 weeks (in hours) annual leave plus bank holidays A supportive and friendly working environment with a focus on wellbeing and sustainability TT Electronics are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. Our Recruitment Process: Initially we will reach out to you for an informal conversation about the role. This will allow you the opportunity to ask questions and find out more about TT, our site and our team. It will also give us the chance to learn more about you and your experience to date. At this point both parties have the opportunity to decide if they would like to continue with the process. Please be aware that many roles at TT Electronics are subject to both security and export control restrictions which means that limitations relating to nationality may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). TT Electronics is unable to sponsor work visas for this role. We hold Health and Safety in the highest regard at TT, with the Wellbeing of our employees our top priority. Any successful candidate will be required to successfully pass a pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Screening. Solving Technology Challenges for a Sustainable World We want the very best people in our TT family across the globe – so we welcome applications from everyone, to celebrate a diverse mix of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and you can rest assured that TT Electronics takes positive steps to ensure we are an inclusive business, that will welcome and support you, from your initial application to wherever your career takes you! Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to your application, in order that we can accommodate and support you in the process. You can do this by emailing TTRecruitment@ttelectronics.com If you want to work for a company where who you are is valued and respected, we’d love to hear from you. WeAreTT BeMeAtTT TT Electronics does not accept any unsolicited CVs from third parties. Any CVs submitted by a third party for this or any other position will not be subject to any recruitment fees if hired.