Proposal Manager

OSI Systems, Inc • Dallas, TX

3d

About The Position

Continental Electronics Corporation is a leading provider of RF technologies and innovative solutions with over 75 years of proven performance. CEC has experienced significant recent growth and has established itself as the go-to supplier for a diversified product line supporting a wide spectrum of markets from commercial products, military customers, to space research laboratories.
CEC seeks a Proposal Manager to be a key member of our Pursuit and Order Capture (P/OC) efforts. The Proposal Manager will work closely with Capture Teams and facilitate the development and production of Continental Electronics responses to customer's request for information, request for proposals and other customer requested responses in support of our pursuit of new opportunities. This individual will also work closely with members of the Capture Center in addition to the Capture Team members. Reports to the VP of Sales and Marketing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8 years of relevant experience OR Advance degree and 5 years of relevant experience
• Minimal travel to support pursuit efforts in various locations is required
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance is required
• U.S. citizenship is required

Responsibilities

• Thorough understanding of the business development lifecycle and hands-on experience working within the proposal planning, development, and post submission phases
• Create proposal timelines
• Issue assignments to members of their team
• Ensure everyone on the team meets their deadlines
• Create and give presentations to supervisors and other members in the organization about the Request for Proposal
• Collaborate with other departments to write and implement proposals
• Proven skills in technical and persuasive writing, editing, and publishing proposal content within a complex business environment
• Results-driven leader with a record of motivating and energizing teams to successfully accomplish organizational goals
• Thorough understanding of proposal development process
• Facilitate team assignments to align with proposal schedule, including proposal development as well as reviews (Pink, Red and Gold Team reviews) ensuring requests are appropriately supported; job skills that exhibit an ability to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines
• Ensure delivery of compliant, professionally produced proposals within customer defined timeframes and serves as an escalation point for issues impacting success Coordinating facilities, including coordination of audio/video resources, establishment of information technology resources, training proposal team member in the use of toolsets and proposal procedures
• Supporting color reviews by scheduling review meetings; document preparation; configuration and administration of review tools, coordinating all input outputs from the review meetings; assist in the development of the review team information packet; and distribution of materials as required
• Advanced desktop publishing, including complex manipulation of proposal documents including the positioning of text and graphic elements, formatting properties such as the size and style of type, column width, and spacing, performing quality check for document errors, coordination of graphics workflow, and the use and knowledge of Microsoft Office macros
• Lead the proposal process with tasks, but not limited to, efforts such as:
• Creation and review of proposal outline to ensure compliance and responsiveness
• Scheduling and running proposal kick-off meetings, leading storyboarding sessions, workshops and key review meetings
• Coach content owners/ subject matter experts in persuasive writing and proposal best practices focusing on compliance, responsiveness, flow and messaging
• Final document review, document production, and delivery of completed proposal
• Coordinate and update proposal content libraries
• Other responsibilities as assigned
• Uphold the company’s core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with the company’s Code of Ethics and Conduct.
• It is the responsibility of every employee to report to their manager or a member of senior management any quality problems or defects in order for corrective action to be implemented and to avoid recurrence of the problem.
• Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level