Teams at Taher, Inc.

Leads new-business growth for Taher’s K-12 and education dining portfolio in an assigned market. Builds executive relationships, develops sales pipelines, leads RFP and procurement pursuits, coordinates cross-functional solution development, negotiates contracts, and transitions awarded business to Operations. Provides market intelligence, forecasting, and sales-team leadership while ensuring opportunities are financially sound, operationally executable, and strategically aligned.

Leads the full RFP, RFQ, and proposal lifecycle, including solicitation analysis, proposal strategy, writing, compliance, coordination, reviews, and submission. Supports business development through market research, prospect intelligence, presentations, sales initiatives, and client follow-up. Partners with Sales, Finance, Operations, Marketing, HR, and executives while managing multiple deadlines. Maintains proposal systems, templates, content libraries, and calendars, and improves processes to increase proposal quality, efficiency, and business growth.

Performs financial modeling, pricing, budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis, and RFP support for new business and contract opportunities. Researches markets, clients, competitors, and operating data; develops dashboards and executive reports; evaluates cost drivers, risks, and margins; and recommends improvements. Collaborates with Finance, Sales, Operations, and leadership to produce accurate pricing and actionable business development insights.