Proposal Specialist

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• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities

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The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $X-Y at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

This Is What You Will Do in This Role:

• Produce best in class proposals templates as part of the Dematic Customer Service team.
• Coordinate, write and edit technical sales proposal template content for adherence to technical, contractual, and quality standards.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to see the big picture, and creatively strategize and work effectively in a deadline-driven environment with little supervision.
• Strong technical aptitude across software, controls, and mechanical disciplines and be able to effectively determine proposal scope, build proposal framework, create and edit the proposal templates.
• Familiarity with Visual Basic and/or HTML, and ClientPoint automation preferred.
• Ability to understand complex, technical information and communicate it with practical language.
• Flexibility when managing schedules, tasks, content, and requirements.
• Ability to follow procedures and apply standards, styles, and templates to ensure common documentation look and feel.
• Function as a subject matter expert regarding technical and contractual proposal content and language.
• Questions, research, and resolve any identified potential issues in specific proposal text and boilerplate text, with appropriate team members such as Legal, Engineering, and Subject Matter Experts.
• Strong aptitude for creating standard solutions for building proposal framework.
• Work proactively in the continuous improvement of company proposal templates and proposal processes.
• Assists in the development of new proposal content and helps maintain and improve released proposal boilerplates.
• Provides troubleshooting and training assistance for the Dematic automated proposal tool functionality and usage.

What We Are Looking For:

• BS/BA in related discipline or advanced degree. Certification may be required in some areas.
• Typically, two to five years of successful experience in proposal writing/management, contract writing/management or related field and has successfully demonstrated the key responsibilities as presented above. Or two to five years' experience as Paralegal or legal assistant preferred.
• Experience in multi-facility, international organization, and adept at working in diverse multi-cultural, fast-paced corporate environment successfully.
• High degree of proficiency in the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc.) and the ability to quickly learn new software.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (both technical and non-technical).
• Ability to understand the base offerings of multiple software packages and nuanced differences between multiple similar offerings.
• Hands on experience developing technical documentation/manuals for a prior software platform highly desired but not required.
• Knowledge of material handling systems (operations, equipment, software) helpful but not required.
• Drive for continued learning and models our values of Integrity, Collaboration, Courage, and Excellence.
• Strong problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team.