• Job Description

  Req#: 167

  Job Description:
  Reporting directly to the Senior Sales Support Specialist, the primary duties will be the following:
  • Manage Client’s bids (RFQ, RFP) accordingly to the T&Cs of the bid.
  • Coordinate discussions between internal contributors, assign deadlines to individual stakeholders, and prepare responses in a timely manner.
  • Distill customer needs into action-oriented deliverables using the Project Intake Form (PIF) by Business Development.
  • Coordinate with the Subject Matter Experts (SME), as needed, to develop and draft a custom Scope of Work (“SOW”).
  • Manage the computation of labor resources and costing following price indicators.
  • Coordinate with Executive Leadership for special price approvals on behalf of Business Development.
  • Meet deadlines by being capable of prioritizing responsibilities and balancing workload.
  • Work with the commercial leads to prioritize proposals during times of high volume.
  • Evaluate technical requirements and distill customer needs into creative solutions and action-oriented deliverables.
  • When needed, interface directly with customers to answer questions relating to the proposals/RFP and/or refine the scope of work.
  • Attend project hand-off meetings with the Sales Support team to provide the necessary project information for the execution team.
  • Monitor and maintain the Proposal ID Tracker and CRM tool for an up-to-date status of each request.
  • Analyze feedback received from clients and the sales organization to improve future proposals and your approach.
  • Be proactive at proposing solutions and improvements for business processes and procedures.
  • Be hands-on with your approach to knowledge development to become a key contributor in meetings with contributors and develop new proposal writing skills.
  • Coordinate with Sr. Manager of Sales Operations to maintain the CEA Library up to date.

  
  Qualifications/Requirements:
  1. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Renewable Energy, or relevant technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience (4+ years experience).
  2. Minimum of 2+ years of technical background in a customer-facing role in a technical field.
  3. Minimum of 2+ years in a customer-facing role; in the Renewable Energy industry is preferred.
  4. Direct renewable energy industry (and especially solar or storage) work experience is a plus.
  5. Experience writing proposals and developing scopes of work.
  6. Proactive behavior, “Can do”/“Get it done” attitude.
  7. Excellent verbal and technical writing skills in English.
  8. Ability to work in a fast-paced start-up environment.
  9. Must be self-motivated with an ability to balance multiple projects under tight deadlines.
  10. Possess good problem-solving, organizational skills, and exceptional attention to detail.
  11. Skilled in multitasking and concurrently managing multiple projects.
  12. Knowledge of CRM software, specifically Hubspot and/or Deltek is a plus.
  13. Must be self-motivated with an ability to balance multiple projects under tight deadlines.
  14. Strong interpersonal skills and experience in working with interdisciplinary teams of colleagues and external parties.

• About the company

  Clean Energy Associates (CEA) is a North American-owned solar PV and battery storage quality assurance, supply chain management and engineering services firm that serves the needs of project developers, independent power producers (IPP), utili...

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