Global Proposals Manager

CO_SANFPL Apex Fund & Corporate Services SA (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Training and development opportunities

Global exposure

Diverse and dynamic team

Cross-jurisdiction experience

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Apex Group in Johannesburg is seeking a Proposal Manager to join the global Proposal Management Team reporting directly into the Head of Proposal Management in the UK. The successful candidate will be joining a global team that delivers professional and client centric proposals and presentations for strategic or high value opportunities.

The vision of the Proposal Management Team is to provide resources, tools, and quality responses helping deliver high-quality proposals efficiently and faster

Qualifications

• 1-3 years industry experience in proposal management role or similar function within financial services sector.
• Knowledge of various fund structures i.e. open ended, closed ended, and hybrid.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple workstreams.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Good interpersonal and written communications skills and writing skills would be beneficial.
• English speaker and additional languages would be beneficial.
• Planning and organization skills including certification that would be beneficial i.e. PRINCE 2, and APMP.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience of using proposal software (Responsive, Qvidian).
• Experienced in creating presentations to a high standard using MS PowerPoint would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales to ensure proposals/presentations are tailored to the client’s culture, values, language, strategy, and requirements.
• Managing the global deal team using project management disciplines to ensure quality responses for proposals are delivered in line with global proposal process.
• Cross-functional collaboration with deal teams to manage the timely completion of deliverables within the agreed client deadline.
• Join client facing scoping calls/discussions to help fully understand client requirements.
• Leveraging knowledge and insights gained from proposals and presentations to optimize the value creation generated by global Proposal Management Team.
• Sharing feedback from the deal team with the Head of Proposal Management helping generate ideas to further enhance business and/or sales processes.
• Responsible for ongoing enrichment of responses in the global proposal library and enhancing professional output of proposals and presentations.
• Regular knowledge enhancement of products and services within the Apex Group and understanding of commercial trends.
• Contributions to the ongoing improvement of the global Proposal Management Team reinforcing the global center of excellence for proposal management.

Skills

Proposal management

Project coordination

MS Office

PowerPoint

Attention to detail

Communication skills

English language

PRINCE 2 APMP

Presentation design

Proposal software

Tools

Responsive

Qvidian

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Apex Group in Johannesburg is seeking a Proposal Manager to join the global Proposal Management Team reporting directly into the Head of Proposal Management in the UK. The successful candidate will be joining a global team that delivers professional and client centric proposals and presentations for strategic or high value opportunities.

The vision of the Proposal Management Team is to provide resources, tools, and quality responses helping deliver high-quality proposals efficiently and faster