Pursuit & Proposal Specialist 2

Arcadis is searching for a Marketing Proposal & Pursuit Specialist, with over five years of experience, to join our growing Water Business Line team, and to collaborate with our planning, engineering, and construction consulting teams.

Preferred location: Arcadis offers remote work flexibility and is open to candidates' location.

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

This is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join our national team with support from one of the best-qualified full-service water consulting firms in the country. The Marketing Proposal & Pursuit Specialist, with the support of a strong internationally recognized staff, will utilize their expertise and knowledge of the full pursuit process, from positioning and capture planning through post-proposal submittal debriefing, in supporting client teams to successfully win projects. Their primary focus is the planning, scheduling, development, and finalization of responses to client requests for qualification, proposals, bids, and presentations that result in contract and/or project awards.

Role accountabilities:

• Collaborates with other Marketing Proposal & Pursuit Specialists, Regional Directors, Area Leaders, Principal-in-Charge (PICs), assigned Pursuit Managers, and Project Managers (PMs) to support proposal preparation and production.

• Participates in capture planning/win strategy development with key role of identifying proposal needs (e.g., resources, materials, information, expertise, etc.) and in developing and carrying out win strategy tactics.

• Plans and conducts research of internal capabilities and resources to meet opportunity specific requirements, collects information/materials and works with capture/proposal teams to develop new or tailored information/materials.

• Serves as lead proposal manager or proposal support resource to accomplish the following:Review and interpret RFPs.

• Develop proposal management plans.

• Develop/manage/respond to data calls.

• Develop kickoff and other meeting agendas.

• Coordinate proposal team activities and meetings

• Develop/drive schedules.

• Facilitate quality reviews.

• Drive RFP compliance/requirements

• Meet proposal production and delivery deadlines.

• Writes new text and/or tailors existing materials, which may include interviewing staff/technical experts, incorporating win strategy/capture plan information into text, meeting RFP requirements, and providing the most competitive RFP responses.

• Assists other Marketing and Proposal Specialists with planning, reporting, research, client/PIC communication, etc. as needed/available.

• Provides clear, concise written and verbal instructions and directions for proposal team action items and follows up on progress.

• Develops proposal specific templates and data call requests.

• Works with graphic designers and other proposal team members to communicate requirements, needs, and product expectations.

• Coordinates with other Marketing and Proposal Specialists for resources/support, expertise, and workload balancing.

• Performs a variety of data and knowledge management activities, such as updating, organizing, cataloging, and storing information for current and future proposal/marketing needs.

• Supports business development pipeline information collection, updating and report preparation.

• Supports other client development efforts, such as Corporate Marketing/Communications, High Performance Team and Tools & Systems Team as needed and available.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of A/E/C industry experience as a marketing, proposal, or business development specialist.

• Bachelor's degree in English, communications, journalism, marketing, business administration, engineering, science or architecture or a related field is required (or equivalent professional experience).

Skills and Abilities:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and professional demeanor - speaks clearly and concisely, listens, and gets clarification in one-on-one and group situations.

• Experience developing and writing proposals; thorough understanding of the RFP and proposal-development processes.

• Writing and editing skills.

• Experience in persuasive writing and developing features, advantages, and benefits.

• Able to work flexible schedule (e.g., extra hours to meet deadlines, etc.) and able to shift priorities frequently while maintaining attention to detail, meet deadlines, and achieve high quality standards.

• Strong planning, organizational, and time management skills; must be able to work and communicate effectively with diverse internal staff (technical, operations, client development, marketing/communications) and teaming partners and give clear, concise directions; able to understand and organize large volumes of information.

• Experience with facilitation and strategy, capture planning, and developing vision statements.

• Experience with corporate branding / marketing.

• Experience with creative writing / technical writing

• Highly skilled in Microsoft Office & Adobe Creative Suite.

• Advanced abilities in Adobe InDesign

• Graphic skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPSM Certification

• APMP Certification

• Artistic, creative individual

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $70,800 - $122,130/year. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.

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