Strategic Proposals & Bid Manager

Digital Manufacturing Ireland; Limerick; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Career progression

Collaborative environment

Competitive salary

Job summary

Digital Manufacturing Ireland is seeking a Commercial Support Executive & Proposals Engineer to drive high-quality proposals, coordinate bids, and provide commercial and administrative support across the sales and project lifecycle.

You will collaborate with client engagement, technical, and delivery teams to craft compelling commercial and technical proposals that showcase our capabilities in enabling manufacturers to access and adopt digital technologies for future competitiveness.

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial support, proposals, bid management, or sales support role.
• Excellent written communication and document preparation skills.
• Strong organisational and project coordination abilities.
• High attention to detail.
• Commercial awareness and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience using CRM systems.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate preparation and submission of customer proposals, quotations, and tenders.
• Liaise with the technical team to analyse customer requirements and RFP documentation.
• Develop clear, accurate, and compelling proposal documents.
• Coordinate technical inputs from engineering, software, and delivery teams.
• Ensure proposals comply with customer specifications and commercial requirements.
• Manage proposal timelines and submission deadlines.
• Maintain proposal templates and bid documentation.
• Prepare quotations, pricing schedules, and commercial documentation.
• Support contract reviews and commercial risk assessments.
• Maintain opportunity records within the CRM system.
• Assist with forecasting, pipeline reporting, and sales metrics.
• Support customer onboarding and contract administration.
• Coordinate internal approval processes for pricing and commercial
• Act as a professional point of contact during the proposal process.
• Clarify customer requirements where necessary.
• Support client meetings and customer presentations.
• Assist in responding to customer commercial and technical queries.
• Work alongside Client Engagement Director to progress opportunities.
• Develop standard proposal templates and reusable content.
• Identify opportunities to improve bid quality and efficiency.
• Monitor win/loss feedback to improve future submissions.

Skills

Proposals/bid management

CRM experience

MS Office

Written communication

Project coordination

Attention to detail

Commercial awareness

Multi-deadline management

Tools

CRM systems

MS Office

Job description

Digital Manufacturing Ireland is seeking a Commercial Support Executive & Proposals Engineer to drive high-quality proposals, coordinate bids, and provide commercial and administrative support across the sales and project lifecycle.

You will collaborate with client engagement, technical, and delivery teams to craft compelling commercial and technical proposals that showcase our capabilities in enabling manufacturers to access and adopt digital technologies for future competitiveness.