Scope of Responsibilities:  Works under direct supervision. Partners with Proposal Manager and other departmental leaders to accomplish assigned tasks and goals.

Job Summary: Responsible for crafting high-quality proposals that help grow sales, retain clients and improve the financial performance of the company, as well as improving the effectiveness of our responses to requests for proposals (RFP) and consistency of new business implementations.

• Assess RFP specifications; review & interpret key proposal requirements, timelines & non-standard items.
• Research, write, and organize information in a professional, credible and presentable manner.
• Prepare RFP documents and provide quality assurance through proofreading and editing proposals.
• Assist in organizing, coordinating, submitting all requests for timely return of responses from all relevant subject matter experts (SMEs)
• Editing and revising proposals according to feedback from subject matter experts and sales team.
• Refine and update proposal content to ensure alignment with best practices in the industry, differentiation from competitors and accurate reflection of business processes and programs.
• Work with multiple departments across the organization to ensure appropriate representation of services including sales, account management, clinical, analytics, marketing, and senior leadership
• Writing new content and tailoring existing responses to meet proposal needs.
• Assist in maintaining the RFP database of reusable content to ensure accurate and current information is present.
• Use company templates for proposals in order to maintain a sense of consistency within the department
• Assist in maintaining/updating company templates for proposal use
• Working with the design team to create graphics and visuals for projects.
• Meet deadlines by being capable of prioritizing responsibilities and balancing your workload
• Work as part of a team to offer suggestions for improvements or ways to streamline the process
• Collaborate with subject matter experts throughout the organization to effectively address pending business or process changes, market events, new data and competitive intelligence to create persuasive proposal content.
• Present final draft proposals to management for review and approval
• Represent the RFP Department on implementation coordination to ensure plan specs and processes match sales promises.
• Responsible for completing all mandatory and regulatory training programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Skills Required:

• Experience in the healthcare/PBM sector
• Research skills must be able to use all available resources to answer questions.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft and Adobe Suites.
• Must be able to work independently.
• Excellent computer and organizational skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to simultaneously carry out multiple projects
• Proofing and Editing

Educational Requirements:

• Minimum:  AS Degree
• Preferred:  BS Degree in Communication, English, Marketing or related field

Experience Preferred:

• Preferred:  Previous 1 year in health benefits related field, and/or RFP creation.

Special Conditions of Employment:

• Drug test
• Initial and continuous exclusion and sanction/disciplinary monitoring
• Any and all additional eligibility requirements based on the specific position