IT Services Proposal Manager
at ITC WORLDWIDE
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa -
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Description:
ITC Worldwide is seeking a dynamic and experienced IT Services Proposal Manager (Microsoft Stack) - Services & Support
- EMEA Abuja, NG | ITC field office
The IT Proposal Manager will be a Technical Writer/ Content Manager to support unprecedented growth throughout our organization. We seek a creative, strategic and well-organized candidate that can manage multiple projects and changing priorities in a fun and dynamic work environment.
The successful candidate will write and edit proposals in response to international and domestic solicitations (RFP/Ts, RFIs and RFQs). Working with an internal team of Subject Matter Experts and Capture Managers, Solicitations are analyzed to determine requirements, development of a proposal plan is created and through a collaborative and autonomous proposal process, a responsive, compliant and winning proposal is executed. Strong organizational skills are a must, as well as the ability to work with diverse teams both managerial and technical. Job is fast-paced, interesting and collaborative.
In addition to our daily proposal response output, our proposal library narrative is critical to our organization. The Proposal Writer/Manager will contribute content to the knowledge management database regularly, and contribute to marketing projects as well when required.
REQUIREMENTS
- Three to six years of related work experience in proposal development and writing
- Comfortable leading diverse groups, excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Strong organizational skills, ability to manage time, deadlines, taking initiative and problem solving
- Expert Microsoft Word user, skillfully formats documents with extreme attention to detail and compliance. Understands style sheet creation and desktop publishing.
- Readily grasp product offerings and sales strategies for proposal and quote writing
- Assists with business development efforts to include opportunity research and tracking worldwide
- Demonstrated excellent writing skills
- Ability to surge work schedule to meet proposal schedule demands
- Demonstrated expert knowledge and application of proposal industry principles, process, concepts and practices throughout the proposal development lifecycle
- Applies communication and interviewing skills to gather needed information from internal and external personnel to support writing activityDevelops and implements process improvements to advance proposal productivity and quality
- Prior experience in the defense industry desired, USG and International experience helpful
- Intermediate Level Microsoft Excel Skill Level
- Experience developing quotations, finance background
- Led all aspects of proposal management for Government & Industry International bids
- Research/identification of key opportunities
- Proposal or quoting experience with Microsoft Techn REQUIRED
- Experience with Microsoft/SAP/NetSuite and/or other ERP softwareAbility to understand requirements, and influence proposal content to produce winning and compliant bids
DESIRED SKILLS
- Provide thought leadership and perspective for content creation and work closely with Copy Writers and ITC Practices to develop the right collateral required for digital marketing campaigns
- Serve as the link between marketing and inside sales/sales to ensure proper alignment of lead flow and quality through the sales lifecycle
- Work with the Outbound/Email Marketing Manager on creating and optimizing automated workflows and outbound strategy for email campaign to nurture new and existing leads
ED REQUIREMENTS
- MS degree in Marketing, business administration or related field
- Fully Bilingual in English and Spanish/French/Arabic/Cantonese/German
EXPERIENCE TO INCLUDE
- 5+ years of experience in B2B digital marketing for a similar services company targeting CFOs, CIOs and high-level executives in Finance and IT (e.g. Big Fours, Accounting Firms, Recruiting, other consulting & outsourcing firms, software companies)
- Enjoys and brings experience managing direct reports and agencies
- Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking
- Demonstrable experience leading and successfully managing digital marketing in B2B services companies
- Highly creative with experience in identifying target audiences and devising content and digital campaigns that engage, inform and motivate
- Up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in digital marketing and Account Based Marketing (ABM)
- Strong understanding of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) processes to effectively manage the performance of the in-house Agency and SEO resources under management
- Defines requirements, tasks, and resources associated with the SEO strategy
- Understand on and off-site tactics
- Experience working with popular keyword and SEO tools (Google Adwords, Semrush, Wordtracker, Moz, Screaming Frog, Searchlight, Botify, Ahrefs, Search Console, etc.)
- Experience working with CMSs and the building and administering of content in multiple CMS environments or platforms
- Is familiar and comfortable with writing and editing content for SEO
- Oversees and manages keyword research and competitive research for ITC key services
- Keeps pace with SEO trends and developments (especially for North America)
- Solid knowledge of web analytics platforms (Google Analytics) and understanding of tag management systems (Google Tag Manager, Tealium, or similar)
- Experience in managing PPC and overall Paid Ads Programs, especially including Google Adwords, LinkedIn and Remarketing
- Working knowledge of HTML
- Continuous obsession with improvement and campaign optimization
- Exceptional attention to detail and communication skills
- High-level of proficiency in Microsoft 365 Suite
- High level of integrity, autonomy, proactiveness, and self-motivation
- Ability to deal with multiple stakeholders in different departments with competing priorities
- Ability to clearly and effectively articulate thoughts through verbal, visual and written forms
- Team player with a professional assertiveness, who’s also open-minded and humble
- Ability to handle multiple tasks in a deadline driven environment
- Excellent organizational, project and time management skills with a natural drive for process improvement
- Hubspot experience a plus (including both CRM and marketing modules) a plus
- Fast learner, eager to learn new systems and tact
Responsibilities:
Parse and analyze new solicitations, create a proposal plan that aligns with the company proposal process
- Provide writing and editing support and/or lead RFP/RFI/RFQs
- Maintains and contributes to the proposal library to ensure latest product and service content is available for reuse
- Edits proposals for spelling, typographical and grammatical errors; proper syntax; as well as readability, consistency and comprehension
- Maintains past performance database, maps of Customers, reference letters, reports and project log : SharePoint
- Significant contributor to the development and continuous improvement of the proposal creation process in collaboration with other internal colleagues
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:5.0Max:10.0 year(s)
Marketing/Advertising/Sales
Marketing / Advertising / MR / PR
Sales
Graduate
Business Administration, Administration, Business, Marketing
Proficient
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Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa