Business Development Analyst
In-Charge Energy
2021-12-03 07:42:10
Santa Monica, California, United States
Job type: fulltime
Job industry: Consulting & Corporate Strategy
Job description
Company Description
In-Charge Energy is an energy solutions company that is accelerating the electrification of the transportation industry by providing a comprehensive scalable e-fleet solution.
We tailor our solutions to private and public commercial fleets, electric vehicle OEMs, ride-share operators, municipalities, and commercial/residential facilities owners.
Job Description
The New Business Development Analyst will be responsible for executing a diverse range of responsibilities within the scope of creating, organizing, developing, and producing proposals and other formally requested client correspondences. You will be working directly with the Project Development Manager and Senior Management in an array of duties and your success is dependent on building a strategic partnership and becoming aligned with the team. We require a candidate with the motivation to succeed and a passion to excel. The candidate must be capable of rising to the challenge of working for a preeminent organization that serves national clients. As an industry leader, we expect our team to be willing to learn to accomplish their work with the highest operational excellence. You will work internally across departments and externally with clients and vendors, so it is imperative to always demonstrate the highest level of professionalism.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop proposals by assembling information including project nature, objectives/outcomes/deliverables, implementation, methods, timetable, staffing, budget, standards of performance, and evaluation; writing, revising, and editing drafts including executive summaries, conclusions, fee schedules and organization credentials
- Gather proposal information by identifying sources of information; obtaining quotes from vendors/partners, coordinating submissions and collections; identifying and communicating risks associated with proposals
- In conjunction with business development professionals, ensure compliance, completeness, and consistent messaging throughout the proposal
- Research and respond to RFP content and amendments, legal documents, class action settlement agreements
- Perform data collection and administrative tasks, including contacting partners, outlining requirements, and organizing and distributing information
- Research and compile information from a variety of internal and external databases such as tracking opportunities, vendor information and CRM
- Assist with the archiving of proposal content and upload to appropriate internal databases or servers as part of proposal closeout procedures in a timely and quality and manner
- Regularly perform self-check of work products to eliminate repeat errors and demonstrate continuous improvement in work products continuously
- Meet proposal deadlines by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, and approval; entering and monitoring tracking data; coordinating requirements with contributors; contributing proposal status information to review meetings; and transmitting proposals
- Translate and synthesize information into proposals that targeted audiences can understand, while maintaining the technical accuracy and completeness of the intended response
- Maintain quality results by using templates; following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone; maintaining proposal support databases
- Closely collaborate with the Business Development Team
- Assist in the hand-off of active projects/cases to the Operations Team
- Provide support to the Operations Team with change orders and supplemental cost estimates
- Improve proposal-writing results by evaluating and re-designing processes, approach, coordination, and boilerplate, implementing changes
- Continually work towards strengthening industry knowledge and all relevant applications
- Communicate regularly and effectively with all colleagues, including staff in different domestic and international time zones
- Exhibit a very organized approached and superior attention to details
- Meet regularly with managers to provide feedback and facilitate communication
- Adhere to all business processes while performing tasks
- Able to take on new tasks and responsibilities as needed
- Perform other work-related duties as assigned by management
Qualifications
- Bachelors' degree in related field or discipline
- Must have proven working experience in proposal writing and preparing cost estimates
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience and a demonstrated track record of accomplishments
- 3-5 years of the following experience:
- Translating solutions into effective business proposals
- Analyzing various business products and services
- Coordinating proposal development
- Applying layout and other desktop publishing skills
- Editing content for clarification and consistency
- Adhering to proposal schedule deadlines
- Understanding proposal databases
- Basic understanding of accounting principles
- Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem-solving skills
- Demonstrate a high degree of productivity while handling multiple tasks simultaneously
- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication, research, and reading comprehension skills
- Ability to be flexible to adapt and act quickly when urgent matters require it
- Able to work effectively with diversified individuals of various ethnic backgrounds and professional competencies
- Project a positive, professional image toward clients, vendors, and staff in all interactions and situations
- Maintain the highest level of confidentiality
- Problem analysis and resolution skills at both a strategic and functional level
- Financial, insurance, and legal industry experience preferred
- Excellent computer skills including all MS Office 365 applications. (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, OneDrive) required
- Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.