Presales Specialist

Summary Description

Senior Proposal Specialist

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for development of written responses to a variety of

  RFPs, RFIs, rubrics

  and additional response documentation.
• Coordinate proposal development activities in collaboration with the Bids and other department teams.
• Oversee assigned proposal activities, including managing proposal schedules and deadlines, and monitoring the progress of the proposal.

• Analyze RFP/bid requirements

  against the proposal outline to ensure compliant response structure and format.
• Develop required custom templates and/or formats.
• Layout proposal across volumes (format, font, consistency) and creates actual volumes (electronic, paper form).
• Conduct regular proposal progress status meetings and maintain the

  proposal schedule

  .
• Facilitate and coordinate proposal team communications.
• Monitor graphics workflows to ensure

  compliance with RFP

  and template requirements, and proper placement of graphics.
• Build the proposal compliance matrix and track the fulfillment of all requirements.
• Coordinate proposal reviews and prepare all proposal materials for the reviews.
• Prepare detailed delivery plans and checklists and coordinate final printing, electronic copy, assembly, and shipping.
• Provide high level technical solutions and marketing responses to customer-initiated requests.
• Interface with product marketing, engineering, operations, and various groups within the organization to produce customer ready proposals including formatting, graphics and presentations.
• Manage a wide range of long- and short-term projects of medium-to-high complexity, which is important to the

  sales and marketing

  goals of the company.
• Maintain a working knowledge of company offerings including software and services.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Education or related field and 5+ years of experience in the education industry preferably middle school/high school and/or related experience working with other vendors who provide similar products and services, or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
• Proven experience managing large projects involving multiple internal and external departments which contain ongoing requirements to ensure award/compliance and success.
• Understanding of education and instructional theory for middle and high school programs.
• Familiarity with online or virtual education programs.
• Ability to utilize higher order thinking skills to customize response to position appropriately the model, strategy and/or subject area.
• Provide competitive positioning strategy to produce a winning proposal.
• Ability to work quickly and under a timeline to meet deadlines with complete, appropriate and strategic response.
• Highly motivated with extensive and excellent verbal and written communication, presentation and problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter with strong organizational and time management skills, self-directed and able to handle multiple priorities with demanding timeframes.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and staff to create a high-quality results-driven, team-oriented environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe PDF Professional, Snag-It, PowerPoint, Outlook and other desktop tools.
• Working knowledge of SalesForce preferred.
• Project management knowledge and/or certification desirable.

Interested candidates please share your updated resume on neelam.fernandes@learningmate.com.

Thanks & Regards,

Neelam Fernandes

HR Team - Mumbai