Proposal Manager

Provides first level direction and support to the proposal writing and presentation team. Ensures the team effectively supports the needs of the national organization by preparing informative, high-quality proposal and presentation documents for prospective clients. Establishes and leads the proposal writing and sales presentation procedures and activities, while engaging the appropriate resources to ensure the timely completion of all projects.

1. Manages the Proposal Writing and Sales Support team to identify client priorities and win themes to prepare industry leading proposal and presentation documents for prospective and existing clients.

2. Manages the end-to-end proposal preparation process including task delegation, response editing and submission. Assists with problem resolution and escalations.

3. Manages the development and production of The Adecco Group brand responses to RFPs, unsolicited opportunities and sales presentations, including acting as the lead writer for large scale opportunities.

4. Assembles and customizes proposal content, develops matrices and templates, and ensures document control and quality assurance.

5. Preforms the final quality assurance against evaluation criteria and performs a quality review of the entire submission.

6. Ensures the team monitors all appropriate tender websites daily to check for releases of business opportunities country-wide for all The Adecco Group brands.

7. Oversees the management of and updates to the online content management tool.

8. In conjunction with the Director, Proposals and Solution Design, creates and establishes proposal processes and procedures, making recommendations for improvement when required.

9. Performs all duties inherent to a managerial role including the effective recruitment, selection, training and development of the Proposal Writing and Sales Support team. Supervises colleagues, providing coaching as needed.

10. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

· Completion of post-secondary education in related field or years of equivalent experience.

· A minimum of five (5) years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience preferably within the service sector.

· A minimum of two (2) years management experience.

· Proficient in Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.

· Superior grammatical and writing skills with experience as a final editor to ensure integrity and quality of documents and proposals.

· Bilingualism (French/English) is an asset.

· APMP Certification is an asset.

It’s an exciting time to be part of our team. We’re proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our Future@Work strategy as a united team of 30,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally.

You’ll have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways to achieve total balance between the demands of their jobs and their lives. That’s why we give you the autonomy and support you need to work in the way that makes you most productive, agile, confident and insightful.

Putting people first, pioneering with a collective spirit and always advancing with a growth mindset - that’s what we stand for at the Adecco Group. Here, we are all individuals with a unique perspective on the world we live in. That’s what makes us stronger. Whoever you are and whatever your background, you can be yourself. So, we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you. We offer a range of world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while sharing skills, knowledge and expertise to grow together.

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Posting date: 01-01-2025