Proposal and Contract Specialist / Spécialiste des propositions et des contrats

Description

Job Purpose

The Proposal and Contract Specialist will closely work with various entities within the Company in the development and the conclusion of various proposals.

Duties

• Plan and monitor development activities to meet deadlines.
• Analyze tender documents.
• Review contract clauses and verify the conformity of proposals.
• Assemble the proposal and ensure its quality.
• Attend proposal team meetings.
• Improve the proposal process/SOW to achieve maximum efficiency.
• Implement, review, adapt contractual documents and, if necessary, have a lawyer review them.
• Implement a compliance process for all stakeholders.
• Review the development process and optimize it.
• Review SOW grids and T&C; make any valuable improvement when possible and automate them.
• Protect the best interest of the Company by reviewing the terms and conditions of all legal documents (MSA, NDA, contracts of all kinds such as contracts with clients, contracts with freelancers, signing authority by the Board…).
• Prepare relevant lists and grids.
• Ensure consistency of legal clauses to protect the Company.
• Analyze proposal T&C and assumptions and SOW to mitigate business risks for clients, partners and suppliers.
• Ensure consistency between liability insurance contracts and the Company’s contractual commitments.
• Other management‑related duties as assigned appropriately.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in IT or consulting services.
• Bachelor’s degree or additional relevant experience.
• Excellent understanding of the different phases of IT project implementation.
• Ability to successfully communicate client tender objectives and their main characteristics to the delivery and sales teams through oral and written presentations.
• Strong interpersonal skills: capacity to work in teams of various sizes, with employees with different technical abilities and professional authority.
• Ability to manage and coordinate service and information requests from stakeholders with proactive means of communication.
• Solid knowledge of software tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat.
• Knowledge of Contact Centers and CRM is an asset.
• Experience in project management is an asset.
• Ability to analyze and write proposals.
• Exceptional writing skills.
• Strong organizational skills, precision and great attention to detail.
• Fluency in English and French (spoken and written) is mandatory.