Proposals Specialist, Sales Operations

Armanino Llp - Saint Louis, MO

Full-time - Mid Level

Saint Louis, MO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

At Armanino, you determine your career path. This means it's possible to pursue challenges you are passionate about, in industries you care about. Armanino is proud to be among the top 20 largest accounting and consulting firms in the nation and one of the best places to work. We have a community of resources that are ready and willing to support your ideas, build your skills, and expand your professional network. We want you to integrate all aspects of your life with your career. At Armanino, we know you don't check out of life when you check in at work. That's why we've created a unique work environment where your passions, work, and family & friends can overlap. We want to help you achieve growth by giving you access to a network of smart and supportive people, willing to listen to your ideas.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strategic approach for each proposal, including win themes, value proposition, and competitive differentiation strategies.
• Lead the end-to-end proposal process, including kick-off meetings, timeline development, content editing, review coordination, and facilitate after action planning as needed.
• Coordinate content reviews with internal stakeholders managing feedback and revisions to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance with proposal requirements.
• Maintain a library of reusable content, templates, and best practices to streamline the proposal development process and improve content quality and consistency over time.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including subject matter experts, graphic designers and legal advisors, to gather necessary information and resources for proposal development.
• Coordinate content development activities to meet proposal deadlines, proactively identifying potential bottlenecks or delays and implementing solutions to keep the process on track.
• Maintain documentation of proposal activities, track key performance metrics, and analyze outcomes to identify areas for improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Communications, Marketing, English, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Minimum 2 years of proven experience in proposal management, business development, or sales support roles.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with a keen eye for detail and commitment to producing error-free deliverables.
• Strong project management abilities, including the ability to prioritize tasks, manage deadlines, and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Ability to produce accurate, compliant, and compelling work independently, and with others.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• Proficiency with proposal management software/tools (e.g. PandaDoc, Loopio, Proposify) is a plus.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.

Benefits

• Profit sharing
• Wellness program
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance
• Paid sick time