Sales Support Specialist

National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC); Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) seeks a proposals-focused professional to generate contracts, proposals, and pricing-related content. The role requires extensive data gathering from product, implementation, and sales teams to ensure accurate, customer-aligned proposals.

You will analyze information, develop best practices, and prepare RFP responses while maintaining high standards of accuracy and clarity in terms and conditions negotiated during the sales cycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• Ability to manage complex projects and communicate effectively.
• Strong writing skills to communicate negotiated terms and conditions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare contracts, change orders, and proposals for multi-industries.
• Maintain and update proposal templates.
• Gather information from product, implementation and sales teams to prepare RFPs.
• Improve efficiencies by developing and refining best practices.
• Research sales activities to improve efficiencies.
• Explore data integration and reporting across databases; develop dashboards to present data.
• Identify trends and develop data-driven solutions.
• Review industry-specific contracts to ensure alignment with proposals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Uphold NISC’s values.

Skills

Proposal development

Contract drafting

Data analysis

Dashboard reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

RFPs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business-related field or equivalent experience

Job description

NISC develops and implements enterprise-level and customer-facing software solutions for over 1200+ energy cooperatives and communication organizations across North America. Our mission is to deliver technology solutions and services that are Member-focused, quality-driven and valued-priced. We exist to serve our Members and help them serve their communities through our innovative software products, services and outstanding customer support. We are an AI-forward company committed to being a technology leader in our industry.

Summary:

This position reports to the Sales & Operations Team Lead and has a high level of interaction with NISC’s key stakeholders and departments, including the outside sales team, product line managers (PLMs), Implementation team leads, and Member Sales. Although the primary responsibility is to generate proposals, contracts, and pricing related content, the bulk of the work entails extensive fact finding, critical thinking, data analysis and collaboration to ensure the proposals generated meet both the expectations of the customer as well as NISC. Requirements include the ability to manage complex projects, effective problem-solving, analytical thinking skills and excellent writing skills to communicate custom terms and conditions negotiated during the sales cycle.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Preferred:

• Prepare contracts , change orders, and proposals for multi-industries .
• Perform maintenance of proposal templates.
• G ather and manage information from product, implementation and sales teams to help prepare RFPs (Request for Proposals) .
• Optimize efficiencies through the creation and refinement of best practices.
• Research sales related activities to improve efficiencies.
• Explore data integration and reporting between multiple databases.
• Develop dashboards and reporting to present data across the organization improving awareness and decision - making abilities.
• Identify trends and d evelop solutions to drive data integrity.
• Assist in the review of industry specific contracts to ensure the contract aligns with final proposal.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Commitment to NISC’s Statement of Shared Values.

Education Preferred:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a business-related field or equivalent experience.

Minimum Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the essential functions of this position, employees must be able to see and communicate. Employees are regularly required to maintain a stationary position, move, and operate computer keyboards or office equipment.