Proposal Project Manager I

The Proposal Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring all requests from RFPs, including task delegation, proposal process, and submission to the Sales team are comprehensive. They will manage the proposal process to ensure the final proposal deliverables meet company quality standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the collection and accumulation of cost, scheduling, and performance elements from functional departments
• Research and analyze historical data and develop pricing models to support proposal efforts
• May participate as an active member of the contract writing or negotiating team
• Provides day-to-day direction and guidance to junior team members
• Develop reports and tolls as needed to support analytical and pricing efforts
• Initiate process improvements to enhance productivity and accuracy
• Manage the coordination and influencing of proposal content to ensure the final proposal deliverables meet quality standards
• Own the proposal/pricing worksheet content from RFQ through customer delivery. Content to include but not limited to, all customer requests from pricing, configuration, compliance matrix.
• Review RFPs and ensure the Proposal team is prepared to get all needed details during the initial program meetings with the Sales team
• Review the pricing worksheet and proposal pages to ensure correct priorities are maintained
• Work with the team to ensure we are able to support the Sales team with on time proposal submission
• Work with Finance, Sales and other internal teams to create and standardize the ERP pricing worksheets, customer creation and pricing process
• Organize reoccurring meetings with the Digital services team and begin creating processes for billing/service tracking for advertising and 3rd party apps
• Organize reoccurring meetings with the Content team to discuss CSAs and billing/service tracking

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in a related field
• 1-3 years of experience within a sales environment
• Experience with supporting sales operations
• 1+ years of experience with creating or editing proposals
• Experience working with CRM and ERP systems, D365 highly preferred
• Experience with proposal updates
• Excellent attention to detail

Benefits

The starting pay range for this position is $65,000 to 87,000 per year however, base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location.