An employer is looking for 2 Proposal Specialists in Ballwin, MO for one of the largest telecom providers in the Nation. These specialists will be joining a team of 3 fellow proposal specialists. They will be working on the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program (a government subsidized program that will bring high speed fixed broadband service to rural homes and small businesses that lack it) and the E-Rate program (government subsidized program in which public schools & libraries bid for Request for Proposals (RFPs) for telecommunication services). The proposal specialists will have to validate the bids by analyzing: the address, the services and requirements (can their company provide those services?), the risks, etc. They will have to request site surveys through Salesforce so the Construction team can assess the fiber construction and costs. They will then partner work with a sales rep to game plan a response to the bid. If they want to respond and move forward with the bid, the Proposal Specialist will create the template for the RFP. Some of the other responsibilities include:
Provides Sales Offer Management (SOM) team members with support as required including, but not limited to textual input, addressing, packaging, copying materials, completing forms, following up with team members to assure timely responses.
Responds to bids and RFPs determined to be within the company's scope and field of operations within extremely tight deadlines, including writing narratives in response to a bid or RFP, developing template for proposal per RFP/RFQ instructions, and developing and maintaining database of responses and boiler plates of past performance.
The compensation for this role will range from $21-24/hr based off of experience