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Manager, Proposals
ERM
Houston, USA
Full-time
Manager · 5+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago
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Key Skills for This Role
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Key Responsibilities:
- Collaboration
- Work with consultants across North America to drive the proposal process from receipt of RFP through final submission in accordance with ERM's proposal management process.
- Collaborate with service line, industry, finance, legal, and other internal teams to complete RFP and RFI requests.
- Proposal Management
- Develop formal response plans for large and complex proposal opportunities.
- Direct and/or participate in all proposal preparation activities, including scheduling, responsibility matrices, communication plans, content development, content collection, review cycles, document formatting, production, and final delivery.
- Coordinate project descriptions, resumes, graphics, and supporting content to ensure complete and compliant submissions.
- Presentations
- Support pursuit teams in developing client interview presentations and PowerPoint materials.
- Facilitate internal strategy sessions and presentation planning meetings.
- Research and develop presentation content including company information, services, and relevant project experience.
- Coordinate graphics development to communicate information visually and effectively.
- Manage schedules, assignments, version control, and electronic presentation files.
- Facilitate presentation rehearsals and provide constructive feedback to improve quality and effectiveness.
- Material Management
- Create, maintain, and manage proposal content repositories within SharePoint and other marketing systems.
- Maintain project experience records, staff resumes, boilerplate content, and other pursuit-related information.
- Branding
- Ensure compliance with ERM branding standards, visual identity requirements, approval workflows, and corporate guidelines.
- Who We Are: As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.
- At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.
- Please submit your resume and brief cover letter.
- ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
- ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
- Thank you for your interest in ERM!
- #LI-Hybrid
Qualifications
- Required
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field from an accredited college or university or demonstrated equivalent. Or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in Proposal Management within a professional services firm serving corporate clients.
- Advanced familiarity with RFI/RFP processes, preparation, management, and procedures.
- Proven ability to lead, create, and complete responses to Requests for Proposal (RFPs) and Requests for Information (RFIs) from start to finish.
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple proposals and competing deadlines across time zones with minimal supervision.
- Strong editing, formatting, and templating skills using Microsoft Office applications.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience utilizing Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, for proposal and presentation development.
- This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
- Preferred
- Experience managing and coaching team members, a plus.
- Experience working within Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and/or SharePoint environments.
- Experience with client procurement portals such as PowerAdvocate and Ariba.
- Experience using Salesforce or a comparable CRM platform.
- Experience managing, mentoring, and coaching team members.
- Experience supporting interview presentation planning, development, and facilitation.
- Collaboration
- Work with consultants across North America to drive the proposal process from receipt of RFP through final submission in accordance with ERM's proposal management process.
- Collaborate with service line, industry, finance, legal, and other internal teams to complete RFP and RFI requests.
- Proposal Management
- Develop formal response plans for large and complex proposal opportunities.
- Direct and/or participate in all proposal preparation activities, including scheduling, responsibility matrices, communication plans, content development, content collection, review cycles, document formatting, production, and final delivery.
- Coordinate project descriptions, resumes, graphics, and supporting content to ensure complete and compliant submissions.
- Presentations
- Support pursuit teams in developing client interview presentations and PowerPoint materials.
- Facilitate internal strategy sessions and presentation planning meetings.
- Research and develop presentation content including company information, services, and relevant project experience.
- Coordinate graphics development to communicate information visually and effectively.
- Manage schedules, assignments, version control, and electronic presentation files.
- Facilitate presentation rehearsals and provide constructive feedback to improve quality and effectiveness.
- Material Management
- Create, maintain, and manage proposal content repositories within SharePoint and other marketing systems.
- Maintain project experience records, staff resumes, boilerplate content, and other pursuit-related information.
- Branding
- Ensure compliance with ERM branding standards, visual identity requirements, approval workflows, and corporate guidelines.
About ERM
Environmental Services8000 employeesFounded 1971
Provides sustainability, environmental, and risk management consulting services.
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