Proposal Specialist

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing efficiency in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.
The Proposals Specialist is a solution provider to Cell and Gene Therapy customers through our Advanced Therapies Services (ATx).
How will you make an impact?
This position will have the opportunity to enable our clients to cure genetic, rare, and otherwise untreatable diseases through our leading and innovative Cell, Gene Therapy and Advanced Modalities businesses.
This position prepares sophisticated, compelling proposals in alignment with company commercial strategy. Prepares and reviews text, graphics and data that describe value-added differentiators, creating documents that accurately and consistently position the organization’s services, products, and expertise as the optimal choice for project award.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant scientific subject area or equivalent experience a must.

EXPERIENCE

• 6+ years of industry experience, with strong preference for technical experience in mRNA. Additional experience in sterile drug product manufacturing is a plus.
• 3+ years of proposal writing experience.
• Fluency in English with ability to generate technically and grammatically sound contract language required.
• Previous contract manufacturing organization experience preferred with familiarity in Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Previous experience with services budgeting and forecasting.
• Proficient in MS Project, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Word as well as Salesforce.com and Smartsheet database.
  Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.
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• Generate Proposals, Work Statements, and Change of Scopes for new and current client programs. Ensure accuracy of these documents, including resource estimates, scope, pricing, and future revisions.
• Liaises with subject matter experts to establish project-specific (therapeutic, client, system, etc.) context, gather feedback, and refine content.
• Work with Proposal Specialists within other Business Units to determine and complete overall proposal strategy for integrated offering opportunities.
• Ability to function optimally in a matrixed organization with high agility to navigate between technical requirements and operational limitations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with an attention to detail.
• Supports process improvement initiatives.
• Availability to travel up to 10% of the time.