Bilingual Proposal Specialist

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

As a Bilingual Proposal Specialist at Stryker you will own and manage the entire proposal development process from tracking opportunities to submitting proposals and our content development and library. Youll work closely with cross-functional teams including Pricing Sales Marketing Legal Proposal colleagues and Senior Leadership to ensure our proposals maximize business opportunities. This role is highly collaborative and requires the ability to thrive under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Its an excellent opportunity to grow your career in proposal management gain valuable experience and contribute directly to the companys success by securing new business.

This individual must serve as a positive contributing member of the Proposals and Contract team while championing Strykers Mission and Values.

What you will do

Individual Responsibilities:

• Proactively collaborates with internal teams/departments to promote a culture of inclusiveness and cooperation

• Work with the business to establish a clear understanding of products sales channels key accounts marketing and selling strategies.

• Consistently meets service delivery expectations based on input from the business

• Responsible to live and exemplify Strykers Values: Integrity Accountability People and Performance

Functional Responsibilities:

• Lead Proposal Coordination: Manage the full proposal process from opportunity identification to contract award ensuring all deadlines are met.

• Bid Management: Actively seek and evaluate new bid opportunities driving the bid/no-bid decisions with internal teams.

• Main Point of Contact: Serve as the go-to person for all proposal inquiries both internally and externally.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with sales marketing legal and other teams to create compelling compliant proposals that meet and exceed customer needs.

• Content and Document Management: Design format and produce professional proposal documents. Ensure all content is accurate up-to-date and adheres to company branding guidelines.

• Content Library Management (Responsive)

  • Own the organization governance and continuous improvement of Responsive (proposal management software)

  • Audit and update content regularly to ensure accuracy compliance and relevance.

  • Tag and structure content to maximize searchability usability and version control.

  • Partner with SMEs (Marketing Sales other proposal colleagues) to create review and refine reusable content (e.g. product descriptions technical responses).

  • Train internal stakeholders on Responsive usage and best practices to drive adoption and efficiency.

• Meeting Facilitation: Organize and lead proposal meetings keeping all stakeholders informed and documenting key decisions.

• Proposal Production: Oversee the final production and submission of proposals ensuring everything is delivered on time and to the highest standard.

• Procurement Knowledge: Understand and align proposals with procurement processes at various levels including hospital regional provincial and national buying groups ensuring compliance with customer and government requirements.

• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the ongoing development of proposal processes and tools ensuring continuous improvement and efficiency. Participate in improvement and execution of standard procedures in the Proposal Team

• Proposal Tracking: Maintain and update the proposal tracker including a win/loss dashboard proposal pipeline and key performance indicators (KPIs) for each division to monitor and report on performance.

• Other responsibilities as assigned by Manager

Conduct & Compliance

• Abide by and support the policies set forth in the Stryker Code of Conduct

• Understand that compliance with the Code of Conduct as it may be amended by Stryker Corporation from time to time is a condition of continued employment with Stryker

• Conduct work in compliance with all laws rules and regulations and in accordance with Strykers high ethical standards

• Report any violations of these policies and procedures to Stryker management or in the manner outlined in Strykers Ethics Hotline Policy

What you need:

Required

• University Degree

Preferred

• Proposals management

• Proposal management -APMP certification

• Bilingual French & English

• MS Office application experience

• Project Management experience

• Writing experience

Canada Pay Ranges:

• Canada: $65700 - $87600 CAD Annual

Travel Percentage: 0%

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 65700 - 87600