Event Proposal Manager

Maritz

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Event Proposal Manager collaborates with Sales to craft unique solutions for business opportunities. Leads the creation of a solution deliverable including pricing and highly customized content.

Requirements

Minimum of Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related experience required.
7 plus years of experience in related professional field required.
Strong ability to collaborate with others and strategic leadership skills.
Solution oriented person.
Excellent organizational and project management skills with an ability to work under tight deadline pressure.
Professional written and oral communications skills with proven ability to present strategic recommendations.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a project management role dealing with services is preferred; or similar Maritz experience.
Familiarity and understanding of strategy development preferred.
Strong understanding of Maritz products, services, operations, and overall approach to business preferred.

Responsibilities

Collaborates with other subject matter experts as the lead across all functional areas to create the best strategic response to client RFP (Request for Proposal).
Performs client research to ensure a competitive edge to the response.
Constructs timeline and sets up continuous touch points during the proposal process.
Collects input from many sources and creates a persuasive and powerful proposal response.
Leads the presale team in more complex and strategic client requests that require integrating multiple functional areas and possibly other Maritz business units or vendors.
Integrates industry, technical and product/service expertise for a more comprehensive proposal response.
Helps to expand Experience Design strategies within the pre-sale team.
Develops an accurate budget and verifies profitability guidelines are met and correct cost/labor is applied.
Works closely with Finance to determine the pricing methodology.
Develops client contracts, including ATPs (Authorization to Proceed) and SOWs (Statements of Work), for sold client business.
Continuously maintains knowledge and expertise of new processes, technology and service offerings within the Company, and applicable industry trends or innovations.