Role Summary

This role sits at the heart of customer engagement and business development – evaluating enquiries, preparing costings, and producing accurate, competitive quotations across a wide variety of composite and metallic assemblies. The role will act as a key link between customers and our internal teams, ensuring requirements are understood, solutions are proposed, and new business is launched into production in a structured and organised way. It’s a fantastic opportunity for a technically minded commercial professional to work across high-performance industries, shaping how we win and deliver new business.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to understand requirements and develop tailored, value-driven solutions.
• Prepare accurate costings and competitive quotations for complex components and assemblies.
• Act as the internal point of contact for customer enquiries across multiple sectors and product types.
• Provide reliable costing and estimating data to support commercial decision-making and bid success.
• Support cross-functional teams (Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Quality) to deliver project requirements.
• Maintain accurate project cost tracking, comparing quoted vs actual during project realisation.
• Assist in qualifying incoming leads to ensure alignment with company strategy.
• Support tenders, proposals, audits, and customer reviews.
• Work closely with Supply Chain to ensure accurate cost inputs and value for money.
• Contribute to future budget setting, sales forecasting, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or related field (preferred, but not essential with strong relevant experience).

Experience

• Experience in a customer-facing role within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong financial awareness with the ability to generate costings and analyse gross/net margins.
• Good understanding of composite and metallic manufacturing processes.
• Industry experience in Aerospace, Defence, Energy, Automotive, or Motorsport (desirable).

Skills/Attributes

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills – able to influence colleagues, customers, and suppliers.
• Proactive, organised, and comfortable working under pressure to strict deadlines.
• Positive “can-do” attitude, with resilience and initiative.
• IT literate, with strong MS Office and presentation skills (experience with SAP Business One desirable).
• Flexible and willing to travel occasionally for customer visits and industry events.