SalesEx Pursuit Writer - Associate Manager

Organization: Operations/Sales Excellence

Location: US Negotiable

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Job Summary

Sales Excellence provides end-to-end sales and pricing effectiveness, sales operations, and analytics services. SalesEx partners with teams around the world to deliver insights, improve acumen and win profitable deals. SalesEx Pursuit Services partners with sales teams to win more business through a compelling and differentiated end-to-end pursuit experience.

The successful candidate will join a global team that provides creative writing and editorial review expertise to help develop and enhance a broad range of sales documents and materials. They will proofread, edit and write content, and deliver creative storytelling support. In addition, they will support the team lead in managing requests and supervising junior team members.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work with team lead to supervise junior colleagues, assign requests and coach as required.
• Provide proofreading, editing and writing support for English language proposals and other sales pursuit documents.
• Ensure all work is completed to project specifications in accordance with editorial guidelines.
• Deliver creative storytelling support for projects such as video scripting, significant rewriting of content, infographic creation, etc.
• Provide ongoing editorial and creative support to team lead and other colleagues as required.
• Collaborate with creative colleagues such as designers and researchers to develop materials.
• Liaise with subject matter experts to develop and refine content.
• Comply with ongoing operational requirements such as reporting, team skill enhancements, etc.
• Work with client account and project teams and other key personnel through the proposal and project document development process, from inception to completion
• Support team lead with recruitment, training and coaching.
• Deliver ad hoc project management

Other Requirements:

• Must be flexible with work hours according to business needs
• Must have good internet connectivity and distraction-free environment for working at home, in accordance with local guidelines
• May be occasionally required to travel domestically or internationally

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 6 years as a business writer
• Bachelor's degree

Preferred Requirements:

• Customer Insight - INTERMEDIATE
• Deal Shaping - INTERMEDIATE
• Sales Planning & Forecasting - INTERMEDIATE
• Sales Pursuit Management - INTERMEDIATE
• Sales Reporting & Channel Analytics - INTERMEDIATE
• Value Analysis and Prioritization - INTERMEDIATE
• Native level of fluency in English, with a minimum of three years of experience as a business or creative writer.

Professional Skills:

• Strong storytelling experience and deep familiarity with editorial guidelines.

• Highly developed interpersonal and communications skills.

• A high level of competence with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

• Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities.

• Project management and administration experience.

• Ability to work independently and in virtual environment.

• Must support/mirror working hours for the supported Market Unit or other business area

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Information on benefits is here.

Role Location Hourly Range

California $35.10 to $81.06

Colorado $35.10 to $70.05

New York - Albany $32.50 to $64.86

New York City $40.63 to $81.06

Washington $37.36 to $74.57

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