Duties and Responsibilities
Meet all RFP required milestones.
Submit RFP compliant proposals that reflect Nexant win themes, corporate identity, branding, accurate content, and messaging on time.
Coordinate pre-sale, proposal, and post-submission activities throughout a qualified opportunity’s lifecycle.
Maintain and update critical sales management tools such as Salesforce, SharePoint, and others
Read and analyze RFPs/RFIs.
Manage the overall proposal and finalist presentation development processes from concept to completion, including draft generation, coordinating and collecting information from in-house subject matter experts and external partners, and color reviews.
Manage the scheduling and production of deliverables.
Facilitate the legal review process and ensure feedback is appropriately incorporated into the proposal response.
Facilitate budget development activities including budget review meetings and ensuring final budget approval at the appropriate level within Nexant.
Interview SMEs to develop customized proposal content that is compliant with the RFP/RFI,
persuasive, compelling, and supports strategies and win themes.
Work effectively across a geographically dispersed team in a fully virtual environment to develop a compelling proposal
Follow established proposal and presentation development processes and procedures
Provide technical writing, editing, and/or proofreading as needed.
Provide quality assurance for all documents and materials.
Produce, assemble, ship, and/or deliver the proposal on time in accordance with RFP/RFI requirements, including the use of online procurement portals
Responsible for high-quality content and appearance of the final proposal product and the on-time delivery of the proposal
Update and maintain proposal content library
Contribute to lessons learned and document and implement actions to improve overall process
Nights, weekends, and travel as required accommodating workload and meeting delivery of deadline-driven projects
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Technical Writing, Marketing, English, Journalism, Communications, or related field OR at least five years demonstrated and related experience in writing and editing large, complex proposals; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
3+ years of experience developing, writing, producing and managing materials in response to RFPs
Background in writing and communications for technical, service-oriented companies
Knowledge of energy engineering and efficiency programs a plus
The Qualified Candidate will also demonstrate the following:
Superior time management and organizational capabilities, including the ability to accurately benchmark project length and manage a high-volume workload
Exceptional Writing skills and an ability to process complex technical information and create customized, persuasively written text / graphics for inclusion in a proposal.
Exemplary project management skills and an ability to coordinate and communicate with large, virtual teams that include Nexant staff and external partners to ensure clear role definition and expectations, and that internal and external due dates are achieved.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and an ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the company and external business partners
The ability to work under pressure and meet concrete deadlines
Persistence in problem solving, self-motivation, and an ability to understand complex material and explain it clearly
Solid reading comprehension with ability to decipher technical descriptions into accessible language
Superior attention to detail
Knowledge of and experience with internet research, SharePoint, Salesforce.com, and advanced abilities in the Microsoft Office suite of software, and Adobe Acrobat.
