Lead Proposal Writer

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At Eye Med, we have a unique perspective on vision benefits. By listening and staying curious, we create innovative vision benefits that are a joy to use.

Our mission is to help people see life to the fullest—and our commitment goes beyond vision benefits. Our passionate employees proudly support the One Sight Essilor Luxottica Foundation, a leading not-for-profit organization with a 100% focus on eradicating the world’s vision crisis.

Eye Med is part of Essilor Luxottica, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of world-class vision care products, including iconic eyewear, advanced lens technology and cutting-edge digital solutions. Join our global community of over 200,000 dedicated employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and eyecare industry. Discover more by following us on Linked In.

GENERAL FUNCTION

Lead writer and project manager in the response to Eye Med’s largest and most complex Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Provides consultative marketing and sales operations support to Eye Med’s Sales and Account Management teams, including proposal writing, project management, finalist presentation development and support of additional strategic marketing projects upon request. As a team leader, this position also provides peer coaching and development to a subset of proposal writers, performing ongoing peer reviews of their RFPs, assisting in troubleshooting RFP questions and issues and conducting ongoing developmental touch bases.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Owns large case RFP responses with a primary focus on large strategic groups and complex commercial and government RFPs. These proposals are 100% customized to the client and require executive review. The RFP process includes:
  • Works closely with Eye Med executive sales team to align on strategic positioning
  • Works across departments to strategize and gain alignment on unique client requests beyond our standards and develops strategic responses
  • Ensures all responses meet legal requirements, are consistent with our brand positioning and tell a compelling story about Eye Med
  • Leads the organization in all project deadlines, including internal review, RFP deadlines and timely detailed production
  • Provides recommendations for network analyses and competitive positioning
  • Conducts post-project reviews of major RFP opportunities to identify best practices and issues to address for future opportunities
• Provides Team Leadership support through the following:
  • Provides coaching and development for a subset of proposal writers
  • Assists in delegation of workload among the team according to capacity and skill set
  • Responsible for the training and onboarding of new specialists
  • Conducts periodic touch base meetings
  • Conducts peer reviews of RFPs to ensure competitive positioning matches strategy, accuracy in responses and editing for brand voice
  • Owns key process improvement projects
• Owns overall management of RFP database - including:
  • Developing best-in-class process for training, updating and quality assurance
  • Pursues continuous improvement of information – ensuring all answers are positioned competitively and support Eye Med’s brand position
• Periodically assesses applicable sections to ensure data is up-to-date, and if not, proactively researches the information

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years writing experience including strong persuasive writing skills
• Strong project management and organizational skills to manage schedules and deadlines
• Demonstrated success in problem solving, collaboration and communication
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, set priorities, identify/address problems, and meet…