Custom Manufacturing Opportunities Manager

Kids for the Future; Wadsworth (OH); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid position

Job summary

Kids for the Future is seeking a Commercial Applications Manager to drive the development of new customer opportunities for our Custom Engineered business. You will coordinate across operations, supply chain, finance, costing, and other teams to translate customer needs into viable quotations.

The role blends customer engagement, commercial coordination, and project management with hybrid work and travel as required.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial coordination or sales support.
• Strong organizational skills for managing multiple opportunities and deadlines.
• Excellent customer communication and relationship-building skills.
• Genuine curiosity about manufacturing processes and capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support identification, qualification, and development of new opportunities.
• Participate in customer outreach, discovery conversations, and qualification activities.
• Gather, organize, and document customer requirements, specifications, volumes, timelines, and commercial expectations.
• Develop working knowledge of manufacturing processes, equipment, materials, capabilities and constraints.
• Help customers understand how our capabilities may meet their needs.
• Coordinate with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Costing, Quality, and other internal partners to evaluate opportunities.
• Collect and track information needed to develop timely, accurate quotes.
• Follow up on open items, manage deadlines, and keep stakeholders informed of progress.
• Maintain CRM records, opportunity trackers, and quote status updates.
• Prepare customer presentations, capability materials, meeting notes, and supporting documentation.
• Support pricing discussions, proposal development, purchase orders, and commercial agreements.
• Facilitate communication between customers and internal teams through the opportunity process.
• Support transition of new customers into launch and ongoing account management.

Skills

Commercial coordination

Project coordination

Customer service

CRM proficiency

Pricing & quoting

Tools

MS Office

CRM system

Job description

Kids for the Future is seeking a Commercial Applications Manager to drive the development of new customer opportunities for our Custom Engineered business. You will coordinate across operations, supply chain, finance, costing, and other teams to translate customer needs into viable quotations.

The role blends customer engagement, commercial coordination, and project management with hybrid work and travel as required.