Proposal Analyst

Company Overview

​At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Motorola Solutions is a Fortune 500 organization which is consistently awarded as one of the “World's Most Admired Companies”. The Company helps government, public safety and commercial customers improve their operations with solutions and services to increase the effectiveness, efficiency, and safety of their workforce. Delivering more than 2,500 customer-focused proposals annually, ranging in length from a few pages to multiple volumes, the Proposal Solutions Organization provides proposal management, writing, and multimedia services to Motorola Solutions’ Sales teams.

Job Description

Working in the Proposal Solutions Organization, this position is part of a team that leads in the final preparation of proposals for the company’s sales and pre-sales teams.

• Ensure adherence to NAPC proposal templates, processes, and tools, ensuring the highest quality proposal responses
• Manage the proposal governance and status process, format and finalizing the document(s), and submit them to sales
• May assist in the development of strategies and approaches designed to enhance business opportunities
• This position is an entry level NAPC role designed to introduce the candidate to Motorola Solutions and the department, corporate goals, and proposal standards and ethics, to position themself to grow their skillsets in proposal complexity.

Scope of Responsibilities/Expectations:

• Will learn proposal templates, processes, tools, and quality standards supporting primarily Sole-Source (non-solicited) bid responses
• Leads and/or plays an active role in creating quality proposals in partnership with Sales, Pre-Sales, and SMEs. “Quality Proposal” equates to proposals that meet or exceed guidelines for providing a clear, responsive, persuasive, and compelling documents to the end customer
• Assists with proposal status calls, peer and management reviews
• Prepares for meetings, maintains notes, and ensures roles/responsibilities are communicated internally
• Develops and disseminates proposal schedules and where applicable any compliance matrices
• Participates in Executive Summary development and/or media storyboarding
• Manages draft proposal documents, file sharing, and version control
• Desktop publishes proposals adhering to formatting and layout guidelines
• Coordinates with approved vendor when hard copy responses are needed
• Assists with authorized signatories when necessary
• Ensures on-time delivery/submission
• Closes out the project in CRM, archives proposals and project files according to established procedures
• Solicits and reviews survey feedback from internal and external customers
• Other related tasks as assigned by management

Specific Knowledge/Skills:

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Tools/Technologies: Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, Adobe Acrobat, Salesforce
• Preferred: Experience coordinating with groups both in person and remotely, and independently managing projects
• Abilities: Must be able to schedule and direct the activities of proposal contributors, develop proposal outlines, assist with large kick-off or status meetings, and concurrently manage multiple projects with tight deadlines

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• OR 2+ years of proposal or proposal related experience

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No