Sales Operations Specialist and Proposal Writer

Are you looking for a rewarding career in the software industry? Are you an excellent writer who has the unique talent of inspiring people and driving action with your words? Join our dynamic Sales Operations team in creating compelling content for business proposals to drive growth in North America!

As a Sales Operations Specialist and Proposal Writer, you will be responsible for creating compelling proposal content and other business-related materials. In this role, you will focus on understanding and representing Planon to our key prospects, including the company’s mission, strategy, core products and services, partner solutions, pricing, and future technology roadmap. The ideal candidate will be an excellent writer, detail-oriented, resourceful, collaborative, and capable of working under strict deadlines.

Flexibility, time management, the ability to multi-task, and a team-driven mindset are crucial.

In this role you will:

• Act as the first point of contact for prospective customers, establishing on-going communication throughout the bid process.
• Organize and lead Bid Go/No Go meetings, proposal status meetings, and review sessions
• Manage RFP responses from start to finish, including detailed assessment of requirements, assembling the appropriate SMEs to respond, gathering necessary content and supporting materials, providing accurate information, creating response documents, managing deadlines, assisting with price quotes, etc.
• Create compliance matrices and schedules for proposal efforts
• Meet strict deadlines (internal and external) by establishing priorities and target dates for research, writing, editing, reviews, and approvals
• Write and edit RFP responses, maintaining consistent style and writing standards
• Assist Sales Executives to develop and write company history briefs, and other business-related materials as needed
• Coordinate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to draft technical content
• Demonstrate an understanding of the subject matter and customer requirements to tailor responses to RFPs and other inquiries
• Assist sales executives with deal close process
• Assist with generating sales team metrics and reporting
• Complete online research about prospects as required
• Monitor websites for public proposal postings
• Maintain up-to-date company information in corporate online proposal system and team library; continuously update and improve proposal content based on product improvements, upgrades, partnerships, and ever-changing product roadmap

Profile

Planon’s mission is to deliver real estate and facility management software solutions that enable our customers to effectively solve their challenges—and that’s no simple task. To fulfill our mission, you have to be ambitious and have the analytical skills to assimilate information quickly. You are proactive, flexible, and you can easily motivate yourself as well as others.

Our ideal candidate meets the following criteria:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience
• Experience in proposal writing or other business writing or editing is required
• Strong work ethic and willingness to collaborate on a team required
• Document or proposal layout skills strongly preferred
• Reading comprehension and attention to detail required
• Meets deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Able to multi-task
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Adobe
• Experience in Salesforce is desired, but not mandatory
• Experience in using online RFP tools is desired, but not mandatory

*We are eager to get to know you, regardless of your level of experience. Recent graduates are encouraged to apply.

We offer

Planon offers a dynamic, team-oriented work environment with the opportunity for ongoing learning and career advancement. We celebrate our success in many ways—from large collaborative initiatives and training to social events and team building activities that help our people become more than just employees.

How we improve your life at work:

• Involvement in challenging projects with world-class customers, both regional and international
• Our Agile Performance Development program, including your personal development plan, annual goals, support and guidance
• Training opportunities for your personal development, provided by our Planon Academy
• A collaborative environment that encourages creativity and innovation

We offer you a good balance between work and leisure, along with an attractive and competitive salary and benefits package. Curious to find out what’s it like to work at Planon? View our local benefits package here: benefits

Apply now and find out about all Planon has to offer.

No agencies please. Only personal applications will be considered.