Proposal Senior Manager Jobs

Company Description

About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com.

Benefits

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

This role will be Hybrid - 2 days work from home.

Position Purpose

• Works as part of the Municipal Water Proposal Group, reporting directly to the Vice President – Proposal Development.
• Works as part of the Proposal Group based in Tampa, Florida, with a home office in Paramus, New Jersey.
• The Proposal Group, and this role, operates within the Development, Strategy & Innovation (DS&I) Team at the Corporate level as part of the MWBU, and reports to the Senior Vice President of DS&I. The mandate of the DS&I group is to support and enhance growth, supporting and enhancing Proposal development and other strategic initiatives within the group.
• This position will have no direct reports, but this person will be required to provide oversight of the work of support staff and vendors in the development, production and delivery of Proposals and related documents.
• This role is central to Veolia’s ability to produce quality proposals for the municipal business sector, to support the other work of the DS&I team, and also to support the work of other business lines in the U.S. and Canada.
• Primarily supports the business development needs of Veolia’s Municipal Water Business Unit (MWBU) in the U.S., with additional responsibility for supporting other groups and business lines, as needed and requested.
• Supports the work of the other members of DS&I team, as needed, working as part of the company’s overall Marketing and Communications team.
• Collaborates and coordinates work with the other members of the Proposal Group team, including the Proposal Director and Business Development Analyst 2.
• Provides leadership for the development of Proposals and related documents.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities

• Work with Municipal Project Teams (Project Sites), as requested, to support the writing, editing and production of Project Report documents and similar materials.
• Managing the development and production of Proposals, Presentations and related documents. Work tasks include: planning and process coordination and management; management/ coordination of input; writing and editing of content; designing graphics and messaging content for documents; and document production (assembly, packaging and shipping) using the in-house resources of the Proposal Team and external vendors when needed.
• Providing leadership on corporate initiatives related to Proposal development and production, including project planning and customer analysis process and global Proposal information needs working with Veolia’s corporate team in Paris.
• Working with the Proposal management team in: coordinating assignments from start to finish, with an emphasis on supporting graphics development and design, writing and editing, messaging, as well as responsiveness to the Request for Proposal (and similar documents) requirements; tracking and maintaining compliance with deadlines; maintaining compliance with Proposal outlines, schedules and other planning details; and for maintaining the quality of documents and other materials produced by the Proposal Group.
• Specific work tasks and responsibilities include:
• The Proposal Senior Manager holds responsibility for supporting the needs of the Municipal Business Development business line (Water/Wastewater), working with the Regional Business/ Technical/Management teams (Northeast, South, Central and West) in areas of proposal writing/ preparation, proposal management and logistics, client presentations, and other related support tasks as part of the bidding process.
• Working with the Proposal management team in maintaining compliance with corporate brand standards for Proposals and related documents.
• Collaborating with the other members of the DS&I team on joint projects related to: brochures and other collateral; presentations and events; surveys and information gathering; and other related tasks.
• Working with the other members of the Proposal Team, maintains the Proposal Information Database, a GOOGLE based set of information on current and past projects, project profiles/summaries, others information lists (awards, violations, and similar), and resumes (and related data) for Veolia staff that are used in Proposal documents.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background:

• BS degree in Communications, Marketing, Business or a related discipline.
• Proven experience in the areas of writing, editing and the use of software tools commonly used in industry.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in the use of ADOBE Design Suite tools (INDESIGN, PHOTOSHOP and other tools), GOOGLE DOCS Platform and MS Tools.
• 7 to 10 years of experience in similar roles; working in a deadline driven environment with diverse teams/groups (technical, management and operations groups).

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Proven ability to work as a contributing member of a team in a hybrid work environment – working primarily in a corporate office environment, with some work at home, and collaborating with staff in different parts of the country (East, Central, Mountain and West time zones).
• Strong skills in visual design, document layout and production of documents with strong messaging and design elements.

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.