Stephanie W.

I have worked for large service provider organizations throughout my working life. I started out in the technical area and then worked my way up through various levels of management up to a divisional head. I was responsible for managing teams and working closely with all areas of the business including technical, financial, sales, marketing and legal. As part of my roles, a key activity was liaising with clients up to CEO level. Our clients varied from medium to large corporates including Financial Institutes, Retail, and Mobile Communications companies etc. My key areas of specialty that I would like to offer include: • Proposal development – RFI, RFP, RFQ and unsolicited proposals • IT Managed Services – management, operational, processes & procedures, methodologies (sales cycle, implementations, transitional projects (employees & services), client engagement • Contract and SLA assistance. I headed up a division specifically tasked with the development and management of proposals and responses to RFxs and creating appealing and compelling PowerPoint presentations. Today Artificial Intelligence is being used extensively for the producing of proposals. However, unless it is used for the development of repetitive standard content and solutions, it should not be seen as a replacement for human expertise, strategic and creative thinking, and client specific solutions that deliver compelling, ethical, and cost-effective proposals that build trust and achieve desired outcomes. Responding to RFxs, and producing of proposals, may necessitate submission of questions or clarifications of client requirements, research, and coordination across multiple departments or external service providers. Development of cost-effective solutions, also come into play. I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. Even though the bulk has been in the IT industry I have assisted various industries whilst working on Upwork. Over the past eight years I have been providing services, remotely through Upwork, to companies in Australia, UK, Singapore, USA, Africa, Saudi Arabia and Canada. These services included all areas of Services (catering for diverse industries), such as pre-sales, responses to RFxs, proposals, costing models, creating presentations, development of operational and service sales documentation, service catalogs and business plans, methodologies etc.