Proposal Manager

Proposal Manager

BCforward is currently seeking highly motivated Proposal Manager in Roseville, CA

Position Title: Proposal Manager

Location: 8000 Foothills Blvd, Roseville, CA, USA, 99999

Anticipated Start Date: Tentative start Date 06/02/2025
Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCForward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 6 months Strong possibility for extension
Job Type: Contract: 40 hrs/week

Pay Range: $40/hr to $42/hr on W2

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Job Description:

The Proposal Manager will be a key contributing member of HPE Aruba Networking's Request for Proposals (RFP) team responsible for working with account teams to complete customer RFPs/RFIs. In this role you will work closely with HPE Aruba Networking's Product Line Management, Technical Marketing, Product Marketing, and Engineering teams to generate responses not available in our boilerplate content. You will be the primary point of contact for the sales organization and will deliver the initial draft response in a timely manner.
We expect the Proposal Manager to communicate in a professional and credible manner, and to have excellent research skills as well as the ability to write persuasively and articulately. The main job duties involve researching, writing, and organizing proposal responses highlighting Aruba's differentiated solution. Additional duties may include conducting interviews, reviewing products or services, creating strategies, and working with graphic designers.

Required Skills:
* Determine the RFP scope, goals, and objectives, working closely with the sales team to assess the best response, and clarifying the solution we are putting forward.
* Meets proposal deadline by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, and approval.
* Coordinating requirements and response with key contributors and Aruba subject matter experts, setting up meetings where appropriate and assigning accountability and ownership.
* Maintains quality results by using templates; following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone; maintaining proposal support databases.
* Improves proposal-writing results by evaluating and re-designing processes, approach, coordination, and updating boilerplate with latest solutions and responses.
* Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and product training.
* Good communication skills, both verbal and written, ability to interact well with technical and non-technical resources.
* Deadline-oriented with excellent time management skills; ability to set priorities in a fast paced environment with minimal supervision.
* Minimum of a Bachelor's degree programs in technical communication, journalism, communications, English or a related field are desired. A background in computer networking or IT is highly desirable.
* On the job proposal management experience is a key requirement with a minimum of 3-5 years in the role. Networking and wireless are preferred.

Keywords:
RFP scope, goals, and objectives.

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:
Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled

BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.
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This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 238772 when responding to this ad.