Proposal Manager
Red Clay Consulting
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Manage, drive, and lead the proposal process, from receipt of solicitation through submission and follow-up, identifying and addressing potential barriers to completion
- Manage proposal schedule, timelines, and milestones from initiation to delivery to meet solicitation requirements
- Manage the proposal team
- Primary point of contact from receipt of request to submission
- Prepare and modify proposal text, costs, forms, and cover letters based on feedback from Sales Lead and SMEs
- Research and track opportunities
- Analyze solicitation documents for submittal requirements; maintain strict adherence to those requirements
- Translate complex technical information into clear and easy to understand content
- Assign and monitor work of proposal team, providing technical support and direction when necessary
- Manage and maintain proposal-related content, maintaining library of content to reuse
- Ensure proposals are prepared efficiently, timely, accurately, and are responsive to identified client needs
- Write copy with a consistent tone
- Ensure proposals comply with company branding
- Create graphics and presentations
- Support Bid/No-Bid decisions
- Conduct market and competitor research
- Evaluate results to develop and execute process improvements
- Review contracting documents
- Interface with business partners and subcontractors
- Execution of accurate, proofed proposal content for messaging and compliance
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in writing proposal content and coordinating the internal and external flow of proposal inputs and outputs (RFPs, addenda, clarifications, confirmation, queries, emails)
- Ability to successfully manage and deliver multiple competing priorities for demanding internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent computing skills, particularly Microsoft Office suite
- Experience writing proposals for Utility Industry preferred
- Experience in IT Consulting field preferred, either in support or delivery
- Degree in Business, Information Technology, Communications, Journalism, or English beneficial
- Desire for continuous learning and growth
- Ability to build rapport and provide consultative insight and recommendations on proposal content
- Strong communication skillsets, ability to tailor messaging according to audience
Benefits
- Red Clay Consulting works hand-in-hand with Oracle Utilities to offer clients comprehensive and flexible software solutions.
- Opportunities to learn, grow, advance, and contribute to Red Clay’s culture and success.
- Encouragement for employees to develop and evolve their skills.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
proposal writingcontent modificationmarket researchprocess improvementgraphic creationpresentation developmentsolicitation analysisproposal schedulingtechnical supportcompliance evaluation
Soft skills
communicationteam managementstakeholder managementconsultative insightrapport buildingtime managementadaptabilityattention to detailproblem-solvingleadership