Kick-start a purposeful career and join our unique Business Development Pursuit team to help solve exciting problems on a daily basis!
The opportunity
Want to play a key role in helping drive large sales opportunities at EY? We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our Pursuits team. You will work alongside senior pursuit leaders and Service Line Partners to help steer the tender process from information collection, coaching for meetings and orals to preparation of tailored deliverables and more.
We are open to candidates based in Zurich, Basel, or Geneva.
Your key responsibilities
Develop a pursuit plan, establish key milestones and deliverables
Conduct research on client, market trends, and competitors
Help enhance teams readiness and contribute to build the EY value proposition
Create concise and compelling sales materials, design creative storytelling
Challenge content/messaging/layout for the writing and design of technical sections
Help build innovative approaches and messaging for presentations and pursuit materials
Review quality of documents produced, oversee the work of offshore graphic designers
Assist in post-proposal activities, including debriefs and process improvement identification
Skills and attributes for success
Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications, or a related field
Fluent in either of the 2 combinations English and German or English and French
Prior experience in business development, marketing, or proposal management is a plus as well as experience with proposal management tools
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
Strong verbal and written communication skills to craft clear, concise and compelling content and capable to communicate with confidence at all levels
Team-oriented, with strong interpersonal skills to collaborate at all levels
High attention to detail, with a can-do attitude vis à vis problem-solving and ability to work well under pressure, flexible and adaptable as every pursuit is different
What we offer
EY Switzerland offers you to work in a diverse and inclusive environment with around 3,000 employees from 74 different countries. You will collaborate with the best, learn from the best and continually grow, as we invest a significant portion of our annual turnover in the personal development and training of our employees.
Click here to find out more about our benefits and corporate social responsibility.
Have we sparked your interest? We look forward to receiving your complete application with CV, cover letter, certificates, and transcript of grades.
For more information, please contact our recruitment team (recruitment.switzerland@ey.com / +41 58 286 33 66).
Shape your future with confidence.
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