ADP is hiring a Proposal Consultant within its Commercial Operations Center of Excellence.

LOCATION – FLEXIBLE (NJ or Orlando FL)

This is a highly engaged, fast-moving, and instrumental role in driving success within the Sales organization.  We are seeking an individual who is comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously, has high energy, thrives when things start to move faster, and ensures that deadlines are hit without exception.  Our ideal candidate is comfortable working both as an individual and as part of a team, leveraging our database to provide concise and accurate answers to projects that span multiple solutions.  You will serve as a trusted partner to our Sales teams, supporting multiple business units while working directly on responses for high profile and high visibility buyers as a key part of our sales process.

At ADP we are driven by your success. We engage your unique talents and perspectives. We welcome your ideas on how to do things differently and better. In your efforts to achieve, learn and grow, we support you all the way. If success, culture, solving challenges and building invaluable working partnerships motivates you, you belong at ADP.

We strive for every interaction to be driven by our CORE values: Insightful Expertise, Integrity is Everything, Service Excellence, Inspiring Innovation, Each Person Counts, Results-Driven and Social Responsibility.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide initial drafts of RFx (RFP, RFI, RFQ, etc.) responses using the designated software (RFPIO).  This may include, but is not limited to: issue resolution, customizing responses, creating & customizing modern content.
• Take project management approach to each unique response, to track changes and delays, and ensure all stakeholders are involved throughout the process.
• Manage version control, generating additional or revised drafts of RFx responses by merging information delivered by Product, Operations and Sales.
• Develop customized executive summaries and cover letters to align with sales messaging.
• Provide final edit by reviewing completed document to ensure consistency and accuracy in tone/voice of response.
• Develop/Identify new/enhanced responses for the database.
• Develop/maintain good working knowledge of current service capabilities and future direction.
• Form effective business relationships with a variety of internal clients.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• A college degree is great but not required. What’s more important is having the skills to do the job. Other acceptable experiences could include:
• 2+ years‘ experience in technical or business writing preferred.
• 2+ years‘ experience in sales operations or marketing operations preferred.
• Experience with RFx response software such as RFPIO, RFP360, etc., preferred.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Preference will be given to candidates who have the following:

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Can manage multiple projects and delivery mediums.
• Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Work independently and as part of a team.
• Learn to use tools for project work.
• Understand and document moderately complex technical material.
• Demonstrate strong writing skills (clean, concise, accurate text).
• Balance two critical aspects of developing user information: thorough product understanding and technical expertise versus audience information needs.
• Able to focus content to the appropriate audience.
• Estimate time/impacts of project tasks or changes.
• Flexible and creative.
• Ability to collaborate with others to obtain information to meet project deliverables.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.

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