Proposal Associate

Position Summary:

The Proposal Associate works closely with a cross-functional team to provide responses to laboratory services RFPs and RFIs from government and commercial clients.  The Proposal Associate supports the proposal process from receipt of RFP through submission and pipeline tracking.  Typical duties include attending proposal development meetings, creating and maintaining SharePoint sites and tracking proposal statuses, assisting with developing pricing and text for quotes and proposals, creating and distributing reports, and tracking in Salesforce.com.

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:

• Create SharePoint sites for each Proposal/RFI
• Organize and participate in proposal strategy meetings
• Create and distribute reports for pipeline meetings
• Assist Proposal Managers in creating strategic proposal responses and budgets in response to RFIs and RFPs
• Complete quotes and proposals
• Maintain current text and template library for use in RFI and RFP responses
• Track proposal status in Salesforce.com from RFP through award
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Minimum Required:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Biology, Business or other relevant discipline
• 2 years of related work experience

Other Required:

• Strong organizational and analytical skills with the ability to multi-task
• Strong project management skills and the ability to work independently as part of a team
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to participate or lead proposal development and review meetings
• Proven ability to meet deadlines on multiple projects
• Ability to work cross-functionally with various team members at different levels of the organization
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Must be able to read, write, speak fluently and comprehend the English language

Preferred:

• Experience using SharePoint
• Experience in laboratory or CRO environment
• Experience using Salesforce.com