Friday, August 14, 2009

Presales Assistant Manager @ Aditya Birla Minacs, Mumbai


Position: Assistant Manager - Business Development - Presales

Experience: 5 - 8 years

Job Responsibilities:

1. Proposal Creation

  • Develops RFP, RFQ, and RFI written responses with internal stakeholders and go-to-market partners.
  • Proactively contributes to proposal solution design alongside other cross-functional design team members.
  • Ensures compliance to RFP/RFI requirements, as well as applying Minacs quality and style standards.
  • Monitors and manages "look and feel" of final proposal document by creating graphics and editing for style, professionalism, and content.
  • Edits, proofreads, and rewrites final output for quality of grammar, context, organization, consistency of message, and presentation.
  • Keeps standard text (boilerplate) current and accurate in conjunction with subject matter experts and populates proposals with the standard text; assists in keeping proposal content library organized.
  • Collaborates with sales staff to identify win themes and discriminators and incorporates these elements into the proposal.
  • Collaborates with SME and various departments to ensure the content is relevant and up to date writes proposal cover letters and executive summaries in conjunction with sales staff.
  • Produces final proposal documents (e.g., creates PDFs and duplicates and binds proposals for submission and distribution).
  • Occasionally interfaces with clients and RFP issuers on proposal clarifications (missing or incomplete information) and attends bidders meetings.
  • Occasionally delivers proposals to clients and courier depots and travels to Minacs sites to work with partners and sales staff.

2. Sales Support

  • Creates and edits PowerPoint presentations during various phases of the sales cycle.
  • Prepares speaking notes for business development staff for client presentations.
  • Assists in the preparation for Minacs sales conferences.
  • Manages, maintains, and applies corporate client data for proposal and marcom usage.

3. Marketing Support

  • Assists in upholding the company brand standards across all sites.
  • Reviews, synthesizes, and applies contact center market research to proposal submissions.
  • Assists with the creation of award submissions.
  • Assists in the preparation for conference participation.

Essential Qualifications:

  • Graduate or Post-graduate degree with Proposal Writing experience
  • Preferably with 2 years relevant Presales experience in BPO industry
  • Advanced MS Word, PowerPoint, and keyboarding skills;
  • Intermediate Excel, Visio, and Acrobat skills;
  • Familiarity with Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Project, desktop publishing, or other graphics software;
  • Must be able to work flexible hours to meet aggressive deadlines

Location: Mumbai

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