Business Operations Manager

Piramal; Riverview (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company is looking for a Business Operations Manager (Proposal Writer) to facilitate project evaluations, develop proposals, and support the Business Development team. This role involves significant interaction across departments and managing client relationships to ensure successful proposal submissions and project initiation.

Qualifications

• 5 years relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably API.

Responsibilities

• Determines proposal scope and budget by clarifying opportunities and client needs.
• Meets proposal deadlines by managing information gathering and review processes.
• Builds relationships with Business Development team and potential customers.

Skills

Microsoft Office applications

Communication

Relationship building

Organization

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in science (preferably in synthetic organic chemistry)

Business related courses or programs

Job description

JOB SUMMARY:

The Business Operations Manager (Proposal Writer) serves as a key interface with various internal departments to facilitate the evaluation of new
opportunities, initiation of projects, development of proposals and support of Business Development in pre-sales client interface. This role
will have interaction across the organization and will have varied responsibilities.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Determines proposal scope and budget by identifying and clarifying opportunities and client needs, studying requests for proposals
  (RFPs), and meeting with technical SMEs
• Meets proposal deadline by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, and approval
• Assists in efforts to gather, organize, evaluate, and forecast sales statistics and other data pertaining to pricing and proposal generation
• Drive interdepartmental communications to define project scope, budget, and timelines
• Maintains quality results by using templates and following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and flow
• Assists in maintaining proposal database
• Build relationships with Business Development team and potential customers through frequent communication during the RFP cycle,
• provide technical support, ensure project scope and milestones are well defined, and host client visits
• Serve as communication conduit between site and potential customers
• Recognizes and capitalizes on trends in the business pipeline and helps to identify strategic opportunities
• Organizing and management of legal files and maintaining the Business Development Master Index
• Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs

QUALIFICIATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in science preferably in synthetic organic chemistry
• Business related courses or programs (e.g. sales and marketing, project management
• 5 years relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably API

SKILLS:

• Strong understanding of the use of Microsoft Office applications, including MS Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Communications: ability to communicate ideas and data both verbally and written.
• Relationship building: ability to make and maintain relationships with colleagues and customers.
• Organization: ability to maintain accurate and detailed records, legal files, and contracts.
• Time Management: ability to work independently, set priorities, and manage workflow to accomplish day-today tasks to meet deadlines.