Holman is a global automotive leader that serves both commercial and consumer clients The Holman Way by always doing the right thing for our people, our customers, and the community since 1924.
The Holman story began nearly a century ago as a single Ford dealership in New Jersey.
Today, Holman, headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, is one of the largest family-owned automotive service organizations in North America with more than 6,500 employees across North America, the UK, and Germany.Holman delivers a unique range of automotive-centric services including industry-leading fleet management and leasing; vehicle fabrication and upfitting; component manufacturing and productivity solutions; powertrain distribution and logistics services; commercial and personal insurance and risk management; and retail automotive sales as one of the largest privately owned dealership groups in the United States.
Guided by its deeply rooted core values and principles, Holman is continuously Driving What’s Right.
What will you do?Creates compelling sales proposals, presentations, sell sheets, executive summaries, and other sales collateral, customized as needed to reflect the unique needs and circumstances of a buyer.Owns and facilitates the bid proposal process by coordinating the response to Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) with internal stakeholders.Meets proposal deadline by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, and approval; coordinating requirements with contributors; writing and assembling proposal requirements; facilitating approvals; and transmitting proposals.Facilitates project strategy discussions including kickoff and draft review calls.Develops proposal strategy by performing due diligence, studying RFP, identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs, and collaborating with account owners.Gathers proposal information by identifying sources of information; coordinating submissions and collections; identifying and communicating risks associated with proposals.Re-writes/edits proposal contributions from a variety of stakeholders, including sales, marketing, technical/operations teams, finance, and legal.Writes persuasively, including original content or customizes existing content for prospects and clients.Provides additional support for the sales team, including due diligence, client references, program descriptions, industry information, and additional support as needed.
Ensures 100% compliance with deadlines and submission requirements.
Adheres to ARI’s brand voice, templates, style guidelines, and messaging methodology.Exhibits consistent quality of work, including clear, concise and grammatically correct writing.Demonstrates ongoing proficiency in subject matter knowledge about the organization, products and services, sales process and strategy, as well as industry and competitive differentiation.Liaises with subject matter experts, marketing team, peers, and leadership to develop sales content.Maintains proposal content database and library of sales tools and collateral.Supports all stages of the ARI sales process and company marketing efforts as needed.Cross-trains with department on other tasks; performs other duties and special projects as assigned.What are we looking for?Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Communications preferred.Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPointExceptional writing and communication skillsExcellent customer service skillsProven skills in producing and editing exceptional proposal content within a complex business environment, or related experience.Experienced in working in a collaborative environment, including leading exploratory kick off sessions, participating in key review meetings/final document review, content sign off and document production Experience with Upland Qvidian (or other RFP software) and Salesforce.com a plusAt Holman, we exist to provide rewarding careers and better lives for employees and their families.
We hire, train, empower, and reward exceptional people.
Our journey is guided by our desire to get it right every time and the acknowledgement that we have an opportunity to be better.
To be better, we have to do better, and to do better we must know better.
That’s why we are listening, open to learning new things
– about ourselves and each other.
We will never stop striving for improved diversity, equity, and inclusion because we are successful together when we feel trusted and supported.
It’s The Holman Way.Holman provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.