Lead Proposal Writer
About The Position
At EyeMed, we have a unique perspective on vision benefits. By listening and staying curious, we create innovative vision benefits that are a joy to use. Our mission is to help people see life to the fullest—and our commitment goes beyond vision benefits. Our passionate employees proudly support the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation, a leading not-for-profit organization with a 100% focus on eradicating the world’s vision crisis. EyeMed is part of EssilorLuxottica, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of world-class vision care products, including iconic eyewear, advanced lens technology and cutting-edge digital solutions. Join our global community of over 200,000 dedicated employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and eyecare industry. Discover more by following us on LinkedIn.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5+ years writing experience including strong persuasive writing skills
- Strong project management and organizational skills to manage schedules and deadlines
- Demonstrated success in problem solving, collaboration and communication
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, set priorities, identify/address problems, and meet deadlines (highly organized)
- Technical writing capabilities - strong writing skills including clear organization of thought and ability to verbalize detailed processes while adding creative marketing language
- Computer and Word Processing Skills (Microsoft Office programs)
- Grammatical/spelling accuracy essential
Nice To Haves
- B2B Marketing/sales support experience
- Demonstrated cross-functional leadership experience
- Peer coaching and/or management experience
Responsibilities
- Owns large case RFP responses with a primary focus on large strategic groups and complex commercial and government RFPs. These proposals are 100% customized to the client and require executive review.
- Works closely with EyeMed executive sales team to align on strategic positioning
- Works across departments to strategize and gain alignment on unique client requests beyond our standards and develops strategic responses
- Ensures all responses meet legal requirements, are consistent with our brand positioning and tell a compelling story about EyeMed
- Leads the organization in all project deadlines, including internal review, RFP deadlines and timely detailed production
- Provides recommendations for network analyses and competitive positioning
- Conducts post-project reviews of major RFP opportunities to identify best practices and issues to address for future opportunities
- Provides coaching and development for a subset of proposal writers
- Assists in delegation of workload among the team according to capacity and skill set
- Responsible for the training and onboarding of new specialists
- Conducts periodic touch base meetings
- Conducts peer reviews of RFPs to ensure competitive positioning matches strategy, accuracy in responses and editing for brand voice
- Owns key process improvement projects
- Owns overall management of RFP database - including developing best-in-class process for training, updating and quality assurance
- Pursues continuous improvement of information – ensuring all answers are positioned competitively and support EyeMed’s brand position
- Periodically assesses applicable sections to ensure data is up-to-date, and if not, proactively researches the information
Benefits
- competitive bonus and/or commission plan
- health care
- retirement savings
- paid time off/vacation
- various employee discounts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
