Proposal Specialist, Bid Management - 100% Remote
IFS
- Itasca, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work closely with the IFS North America Regional Sales and Presales leadership to develop RFx responses timely.
- Understand IFS product capabilities and industry requirements at a detailed level to develop and edit content appropriate for each prospect.
- Have a solid working knowledge of content development and publishing tools to generate professional-looking documents.
- Have a solid command of the English language, coupled with strong writing and editing skills to combine content from multiple Subject Matter Experts (SME) into one coherent and compelling narrative.
- Work closely with IFS North America and Global resources in support of standard methodologies, shared collaterals, and implementation of best practices.
- Work closely with the IFS industry and marketing team(s) to understand and improve our industry and product messaging.
- Assist in the continued transformation of IFS as the company scales further in its rapid growth phase.
- Act as the Point of Contact for assigned projects.
- Develop a plan to address RFx responses using established processes, which may include:
- Setting up and running kick-off and check-in calls.
- Engage all appropriate parties based on region, product mix, and other criteria.
- Establishing internal and communicating external deadlines.
- Setting up response documents.
- Provide start-up content for all company, services, support, and technical requirements.
- Collaborating with SMEs in creating compelling and personalized narratives when needed.
- Dispatch work to functional, services, and technical teams to develop content or review and approve responses.
- Integrate content received from different collaborators and ensure consistency.
- Provide content and answers based on standard materials and collaterals where appropriate.
- Working with the Sales organization to understand the prospect's use case and adjust responses to compellingly address the prospect's interests.
- Ensure discipline of excellence and passion for every customer engagement.
- Acquire and maintain relevant knowledge of specific IFS products and services, including roadmaps and collaterals.
- Continually embrace new functional and technological products, solutions, and collaterals.
- Assist in organizing and maintaining a standardized library of response content.
- A good understanding of enterprise business software solutions and technologies.
- Experience and familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), or Service Management solutions.
- Strong editorial skills and a relevant knowledge of modern publishing tools and platforms.
- Solid knowledge of the Microsoft Suite.
- Good working knowledge of industry requirements, norms, and general expectations related to ERP / EAM / Service Management solutions.
- Creativity and excellent problem-solving skills.
- The ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
- Able to work in a dynamic environment with frequent schedule and requirement changes.
- Bias toward being proactive rather than reactive.
- Bachelor's Degree and experience required.
- Basic content management skills are highly desired.
- Ombud experience is preferred.