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Proposal Advisor G10 About The Role
NTT DATA seeks a Proposal Advisor to join our Sales Operations Team, responsible for leading our proposal process. In this role, youll manage the creation of compelling proposals, coordinating with sales, technical, HR and other departments to ensure alignment with our strategic goals.Your expertise will be crucial in developing persuasive proposals that highlight our strengths and meet client requirements. If you have a strong background in sales or marketing, excellent project management skills, and a knack for persuasive writing, wed love to have you on our team. Job actions:
Proposal Advisor provides direct support to sales efforts by managing the delivery of discrete deliverables to clients as well as providing leadership, assistance, and advice to Sales pursuit teams from initial engagement contact through award. Works with cross-functional organizations to create compelling, compliant and thorough offers.
Individuals understand their own area and can perform all facets of their role.They have experience in most issues that may arise, although require guidance with new assignments or assignments outside normal scope of work.They manage large deals independentlyIndividuals will focus on a primary domain but will also be leveraged across other industries.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Creating initial direction of contributors and all members of the pursuit team.Creating and project managing a share site and content/document structure of siteScheduling and facilitating the Proposal Storyboard SessionDetailed review of the RFx, focus on requirementsSetting and managing schedules, plans, contacts, deadlines, and progress monitoring -Coordinate and review proposal input from sales, marketing, product teams, and other stakeholdersPopulating/updating, as required, the calendar of opportunity and major milestonesDeveloping the outline and responsibility matrix, documenting requirements, and ensuring all individuals assigned are aware of the assignment and due datesAlerting pursuit team leads of staffing needs and other resourcesOverseeing the coordination of all activities with graphics, editing, and production/shippingIncorporating strategies, themes, and other material into the response sectionsEnsuring questions have a clearly articulated response in documentCreating proposal/presentation material; working with Technical SMEs, Finance, Legal, and the sales lead to organize and lay out the presentation of the proposalResearching boilerplate content to pre-populate proposal response document in cooperation with the proposal coordinators, wherever possibleEnsuring all timelines and requirements are met and communicating to the engagement teamTaking charge of ensuring all current templates and corporate branding are followedRaising red-flags with management when due dates or customer requirements are not being met or followed by the pursuit team - Ensure timely delivery of compliant and professionally produced proposalsAdding/creating best-in-class content to the Content Library
Requirements and skills:
10+ years of experience in Bid/Proposal ManagementAdvanced MS Word skills and proficiency in MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel etc.)Subject Matter Expertise in proposal and RFP best practicesStrong attention to detail and project management skillsComplete knowledge of end-to-end Proposal Management cycleGood written and verbal communication skills
Good to have
APMP CertificationKnowledge of GenAI