Pre-Contract Manager
Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire (with hybrid working)

About Us

At Nicholson Roof Products, we specialise in providing class-leading roof element systems that deliver optimal building performance. We work with construction professionals across the UK, offering engineered solutions that ensure weathertightness and structural integrity at roof level.

We’ve grown rapidly to become a trusted name in the industry, thanks to our exacting standards, product innovation, and commitment to supporting architects, contractors, and design managers with expert advice and reliable solutions.

We are now looking for a Pre-Contract Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 40 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of up to £48,000 per annum DOE
- 31 days’ annual leave, including Bank Holidays
- NEST pension scheme
- Flexible start and finish times between 7am - 5pm
- Generous sick-pay policy
- Health insurance scheme, including discounted gym membership and appointment paybacks
- Birthday voucher
- Free on-site parking
- Free lunches

This is a standout opportunity for a commercially minded pre-sale or estimation professional from a construction background to join our fast-growing organisation.

You’ll step into a role with real influence, where your judgement, negotiation skills and technical insight will directly shape which projects we win and how we win them, giving you clear visibility and impact across the business.

What’s more, with the backing of a supportive technical team, a structured but flexible hybrid working approach, and the trust to manage opportunities end to end, you’ll have the space to do your best work while continuing to grow your confidence and the scope of your career.

The Role

As the Pre-Contract Manager, you will own and drive the full pre-contract journey, turning high-quality roofing enquiries into secured, profitable orders.

You will take charge of live opportunities in the CRM, proactively engaging with customers to progress deals, clarify requirements and negotiate commercial terms within agreed parameters.

Working closely with Technical Sales Advisers and Estimators, you’ll ensure proposed solutions are technically sound, compliant and commercially robust, reviewing drawings, specifications and quotations so that what is sold can be delivered with confidence.

Additionally, you will:

- Build your knowledge of our product range over your first six months
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date CRM records and monitor pipeline health and progression
- Identify and unblock stalled opportunities, or apply agreed unviable criteria where needed
- Analyse closed-lost opportunities and share learning to refine pricing, positioning and process
- Contribute to the development of our “win-map” approach to securing work

About You

To be considered as a Pre-Contract Manager, you will need:

- Experience in a construction product environment, ideally roofing, building envelope, fixings, or related specialist systems
- A proven background in estimating OR technical/internal sales where you have worked from drawings, specifications and bills of quantities
- Experience of pricing or supporting projects for main contractors, specialist subcontractors, or Tier 1 suppliers
- A demonstrable track record of progressing opportunities and closing orders
- The ability to read, interpret and question technical drawings, specifications, and schedules
- Good negotiation skills
- A minimum of GCSE or equivalent in Maths

Other organisations may call this role Contracts Manager, Delivery Manager, Pre-Construction Manager, Pre-Contract Project Manager, Commercial Pre-Contracts Manager, Pre-Sales Manager, or Technical Sales Manager.

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