Proposal & Pitch Consultant with German

Work model: Hybrid (3 days/week from the office, Gdansk)

What we do

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Cognizant Poland offices are located in Gdańsk, Wrocław, and Kraków. With the capacity to support various clients, we offer a world of opportunities for both professionals and graduates. You can expect five-star training, a chance to realize your career goals, and a range of benefits. Be Cognizant!

About the role

As part of the Service Delivery team, you will work closely with a large cloud service provider as an extension of their sales enablement team focusing on building pitches and creating responses to proposals for their end customers. You will work closely with your lead, specialists and client sales teams to create high impact pitches and proposal responses aligned to each unique end customer. You will demonstrate a high level of passion and commitment in ensuring the services are delivered as per the quality standards agreed upon.

• Working closely with sales to identify solution areas and creating sales pitch decks;
• Understanding the client brief, and generating insightful presentations through industry research and analysis;
• Solutioning, identifying win themes, and valuing propositions to create effective sales presentations;
• Creating pitch decks, with strong sales narratives, for cloud services across multiple industry verticals;
• Managing bid response creation to support sales;
• Running sales kick-off calls with sales organizations and stakeholders to create a bid traceability matrix, collaborating with the identified bid team for timely response delivery;
• Developing deep-rooted knowledge of and expertise in the vertical and cloud solutions;
• Conducting industry research (BFS, Telecom, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, etc.);
• Mentoring new analysts with research requests, and establishing processes to bring them to scale.

• Command of English & German (B2 level);
• Excellent presentation skills and ability to present with a great level of confidence;
• Knowledge of Tech/Cloud computing technologies, services, and industry trends;
• Prior experience in pre-sales/sales enablement or Marketing/ Digital Marketing preferably in the IT sector;
• Experience in solutions, identifying win themes, and value propositions to create effective sales presentations;
• Experience in storyboarding and managing bid responses (decks &/or RFX responses);
• Ability to write accurately, clearly, and effectively.

• Extensive benefits package: (private medical healthcare including dental care, life insurance, cafeteria benefits);
• Full equipment and paid training provided from the first day of work;
• Open-minded and multinational environment;
• Opportunity to be part of a global organization focused on the development;
• Professional development and a clear career path;
• Training & development opportunities including language courses.