Skill required: Proposal Management - Developing Proposals

Designation: Proposal Management Associate Manager

Qualifications:Any Graduation

Years of Experience:10 to 14 years

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What would you do Title: Sales Excellence – Proposal Management Associate Manager Role (Job Profile): Proposal Management Associate Manager Management Level: Associate Manager (ML8) About Accenture: At Accenture, we believe your career is about what you want to be and who you want to be. It's about bringing your skills, your curiosity, and your best true self to your work. Here, you'll match your ingenuity with the latest technology to do incredible things. Together, we can create positive, long-lasting change. We Are: Sales Excellence at Accenture. We empower our people to compete, win and grow. We develop everything they need to build and mature their client portfolios, optimize their deals and enable their sales talent, all driven by sales intelligence. You Are: A true collaborator, you share your knowledge and ideas generously, and encourage others to do the same. You see how each puzzle piece fits into the bigger picture. This allows you to expertly coordinate people and processes to drive consistency. The Work: As a Proposal Manager, you are a crucial player on the Sales Opportunity team. You use our standard support framework, best practices, and tools to develop high-quality, compelling, and compliant RFx responses that resonate with Accenture's clients, by:

Providing cross-tower opportunity support for medium to large deals
Developing storyboards and win themes
Providing coaching/support for orals
Supporting due diligence efforts and contract development What are we looking for Here's what you need:
Bachelors degree or 4 or more years of experience doing similar work.
English language fluency (oral and written)
Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment.
Excellent leadership and management skills
Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills Extra credit if you have:
MBA
Minimum 5 years of experience in pre-sales/sales support capability with basic understanding of the RFx lifecycle in the IT industry
Experience with complete sales cycle
Ability to collaborate with geographically dispersed teams. You May Also Need:
Travel up to 50%, Overtime anticipated during peak proposal times.
Ability to work flexible hours according to business needs.
Must have good internet connectivity and a distraction-free environment for working at home, in accordance with local guidelines. Roles and Responsibilities: You will:
Provide support to medium to large sales opportunities.
Oversee development of deliverables for pre RFx, orals, site visits, client sessions workshops, BAFO (Best and Final Offer), etc.
Participate in meetings with deal sales leadership team to discuss opportunity background, RFx response strategy, team assignments, support resources needed, reviews, schedule, and support logistics.
Create RFx response outline compliant with client requirements.
Create RFx response schedule including milestone reviews, production, and delivery.
Lead day to day proposal management activities including managing Graphic Designers, Technical Writers, deal team Authors, etc.
Plan, resource, and conduct RFx response reviews, and prepare review drafts.