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Pursuits & Proposals Manager - 9-12 month Maternity Cover

Employer: PwC
Location: South West England
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 15 Oct 2019

Sector: Professional Services
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Job Type: Recruitment & Resourcing

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Who we're looking for

Are you an established and motivated bid specialist? Do you have the confidence to challenge thinking, to advise and draw on your commercial outlook to contribute to win strategies? Can you share your experience of coaching people, helping to improve their approach and confidence to engage with our target clients? Join PwC.

The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of supporting the full bid cycle and will be confident in strategically leading and advising bid teams. They will also have experience of working closely with bid drivers, helping and supporting on the successful completion of proposals and meeting deadlines. You should have experience of attending and contributing to kick-off/strategy meetings and proposition development, advising on messaging and content of proposal documents including design and production. As well as,planning and coaching on presentation preparation and rehearsals, and support and guidance on post decision reviews.

An understanding of the professional services environment as well as having client facing experience is important.

About the roleThe role is part of the Pursuits & Proposals team and sits in the firm’s West & Wales Sales and Marketing team. Sales and Marketing is a centralised support function and covers all aspects of professional services marketing, sales support and business development. The prime area of focus for the function is to support the development and implementation of the firm’s market strategy and in particular to ensure

We innovate every day

We are inclusive by default

We deliver commercial impact with purpose

We tell stories that inspire

This exciting role provides the opportunity to work directly with and coach senior partners and to work with a diverse range of client teams to provide guidance, advice and support. A focus of the role is to ensure that the firm is bidding for the right opportunities and when we do that our proposals are best in class. That includes ensuring proposals are persuasive, successfully differentiate PwC from the competition and that we always deliver the best of PwC. A key part of the role will be advising teams, editing and reviewing proposal documents, working on presentation preparation and identifying creative ways to communicate messages to our clients so that we can continually improve what we do and win more work.

The successful individual will also need to build relationships with senior management, the business and account teams on individual proposals.

This role is to cover a maternity leave, therefore the role will be offered on a 9-12 month Fixed Term Contract.

ResponsibilitiesKey areas of responsibility may include

Expert advice and proposal support from start to finish

Working closely with Partners and Business Unit Leaders to develop our sales culture

Supporting and advising account teams in all aspects of proposal development and management

Proactive innovation and creativity to deliver proposals in different ways

Conducting post decision reviews with clients

Working closely with the other members of the proposal community, this role requires development of strong relationships across the firm

Coaching, training and developing stakeholders at all levels

Proactively seeking new methodologies, tools and innovations to deliver proposals in different ways.

Role Requirements

Experience in a proposals or business development role in a professional services environment or other similar blue chip organisation

Excellent influencing, strong communication and facilitation skills in order to be credible and be able to challenge management and senior stakeholders

Ability to build and manage relationships at a senior level, as you will be required to change and influence senior stakeholders

A proactive ‘can-do approach’ is vital, self-starter mentality with sound commercial understanding

Experience of drafting and reviewing written communications to deliver specific messages within tight deadlines

Proven track record of proposal management and bid advice

The drive to deliver excellent client service through the proposal process

Additional Information

Location Bristol

Opportunity to Work from Home Yes, occasionally

Contract Type 9-12 month maternity cover

Working Pattern Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Company

Our values define how we do things. And our purpose is why we exist - now more than ever - to build trust in society and solve important problems for our clients and our communities. In a world we no longer recognise, we need to rely on the strength and agility of our people to help us to navigate these uncertain times.

We're committed to ensuring that care and our people's wellbeing remains central to our culture. While we may not know what’s ahead, we can do all we can to help shape the future. As we continue to navigate this unprecedented time, it’s important that we support our people, to help them take care of themselves and to ensure the right support is available when it’s needed.

For now, we ask you to join our talent network and stay in touch with what’s happening in real time, including new possibilities as they arise. Visit our website for more information on how we’re responding to this pandemic and what changes we’re making to our recruitment process.

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What we do

We’re one of the world’s leading professional services organisations. From 158 countries, we help our clients, some of the most successful organisations on the globe, as well as its most dynamic entrepreneurs and thriving private businesses, to create the value they want. We help to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.

What we offer

‘Dress for your day’ policy

At PwC our culture drives our success and gives us a sustainable advantage, and we want to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to work in a way that works best for them and help them become the best that they can be. To support our flexible work environment we’ve evolved our dress code policy to “dress for your day”. This reflects the trust we have in our employees to decide what they think is appropriate given their daily responsibilities.

Flexible Talent Network/Flexible working

We’re looking for talented professionals we can deploy on a recurring basis across all areas of PwC, depending on our business needs. The way you work is up to you, whether that’s full-time, part-time, term-time or reduced hours, just let us know and we’ll try and match you to a suitable role. As well as wide ranging opportunities across our business, we have a specific need for qualified accountants to work during our busy season and a programme supporting those returning to work after a break.

Our Flexible Talent Network video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhaNetNieV4

As a leading professional services network we’re confident we can offer outstanding training and development opportunities, exposure to multi-disciplinary teams, and support from industry-leading experts. Discover where your talent could take you and join an employer focused on helping you reach your full potential.

Take the opportunity of a lifetime!