About the Role
This is a key strategic and high-visibility role within the Proposal Management function, supporting business growth for the Work Dynamics business. The role requires a highly motivated individual with excellent strategic-thinking, creativity, strong writing, analytical, and collaboration skills to elevate business development deliverables, improve win rates, increase revenue, and differentiate the firm.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the optimisation of team performance, continuous improvement and development opportunities.
- Champion proposal best practice, ensure alignment to internal processes, collateral and content to improve efficiency and consistency in approach to proposals.
- Liaise with Senior Leadership and challenge thinking with well thought out points/suggestions.
- Work with Leadership to define and ensure compliance with internal governance processes.
- Support execution of the knowledge management strategy.
- Regular reporting on pipeline activity including opportunities, risks and threats.
- Mentor and leverage Bid Support function in India.
- Partner with wider JLL proposal management team to share best practices.
- Develop a bid programme and identify necessary resources.
- Create bid strategies, identify, capture and develop win themes.
- Understand competitive landscape and seek to positively differentiate bid offer.
- Submit consistently high quality, customer focused tender responses within allocated time frame.
- Coordinate internal and independent reviews in line with bid programme.
- Monitor bid costs and deliver bid within agreed budget, as appropriate.
- Work with creative teams to enhance visual impact of tender responses / presentations.
- Work with knowledge management team to maintain bid library and other relevant business development collateral.
- Support global sales enablement programmes to enhance sales productivity.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience in proposal management preferably within the real estate industry.
- Prior supervisory experience managing a diverse / remote team.
- High energy levels and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Track record of exceptional performance and ability to manage many competing demands.
- Ability to manage multiple work streams with demanding time pressures with a proven track record of success.
- Adaptable, able to present with gravitas and build client relationships (internal and external).
- Confident in client facing and board level situations.
- Commitment to collaboration and teamwork.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines, manage multiple projects and work under pressure.
- Willingness to travel.
Skills
- Strategic thinking
- Creativity
- Strong writing skills
- Analytical skills
- Collaboration skills
- Project management skills
- Organisational capability
- Effective communication (oral, written and presentation)
- Influencing skills
- Strong Microsoft Word skills
- Strong Microsoft PowerPoint skills
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Excellent oral and written English
- Additional languages beneficial
Location
- London, GBR
Work Type
- On-site
Experience Level
- Minimum 10 years of experience
Education Level
- Degree / professional qualifications preferred
Benefits
- Total Rewards program
About the Company
- JLL empowers people to shape a brighter way.
- JLL is a professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate.
- We help organizations around the world achieve their ambitions by owning, occupying and investing in real estate.
- JLL offers a chance to innovate with world's leading businesses, put expertise into action on landmark projects, and work on game-changing real estate initiatives.
- We focus on opportunity and want to help you make the most of yours.
Equal Opportunity
- JLL is an Equal Opportunities Employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community.
- Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.
