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The Proposal Development Specialist defines and delivers strategic solutions that will result in the successful promotion of the DNOW brand, products, and services.JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create and identify key initiatives for driving greater value within global strategic accounts, to assist with strategic initiatives, and to grow market share by continuously producing both proactive and reactive customer proposals, including responses to Requests for Information (RFIs) and Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
- Direct the implementation of key initiatives and capture knowledge of best practices and successes
- Drive creative solutions using marketing, communications, and sales as strategic tools
- Create customer-specific proactive proposals and responses to RFIs and RFPs
- Develop and distribute appropriate proposal-related documentation, including legal terms & conditions, market baskets, schedules & deadlines, bid requirements, and kick-off presentations.
- Responsible for creating strategic growth initiatives and account retention projects
- Create compelling value propositions with current and future customers/accounts
- Assist with new business implementations and case-study development
- Deliver material to assist in the development of new business
- Assist members from Sales, Operations, and Leadership Team on key projects and programs
- Manage best practices
- Other duties, as assigned.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, or Business, or equivalent years of experience
- Solid communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to effectively organize time and prioritize deliverables and deadlines
- Detail-oriented, team-oriented, and conscientious
- Ability to work independently
- Solid computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Great attitude, entrepreneurial mindset, and strong desire to learn
- Previous experience in and familiarity with the oil and gas industry is preferred
BENEFITS:
- Competitive Salary
- 401(k)/ Retirement savings
- Comprehensive Benefits (medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage)
- Career growth opportunities
- Paid vacation/holidays
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, or Business, or equivalent years of experience
- Solid communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to effectively organize time and prioritize deliverables and deadlines
- Detail-oriented, team-oriented, and conscientious
- Ability to work independently
- Solid computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Great attitude, entrepreneurial mindset, and strong desire to learn
- Previous experience in and familiarity with the oil and gas industry
DistributionNOW Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DistributionNOW and has not been reviewed or approved by DistributionNOW.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is available, and benefits are frequently characterized as good to excellent. HSA and FSA options and multiple medical plan tiers are also referenced.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan is offered as part of the package. Retirement benefits are consistently present alongside core insurance coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, paid holidays, sick days, bereavement, military leave, and parental/family leave appear in the offering. These provisions support reasonable work‑life balance in several roles.
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What We Do
We operate primarily under the DistributionNOW and DNOW brands as a global distributor of the oil and gas and industrial markets. Through our growing DigitalNOW® platform, customers can leverage world-class technology across eCommerce, data management and supply chain optimization applications to solve a wide array of complex operational and product sourcing challenges to assist in maximizing their return on assets. Our energy product offering serves the energy industry – from upstream drilling and completion, exploration and production (“E&P”), midstream infrastructure development to downstream petroleum refining and petrochemicals – as well as in other industries, such as mining, chemical processing, liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) terminals, power generation utilities and renewables. The industrial distribution end markets include engineering and construction firms that perform capital and maintenance projects for their end-user clients. Our global product offering includes maintenance, repair and operating (“MRO”) supplies, pipe, valves, fittings, flanges, gaskets, fasteners, electrical, instrumentation, artificial lift, pumping solutions, valve actuation and modular process, measurement and control equipment. We also offer procurement, warehouse and inventory management solutions as part of our supply chain and materials management offering. We have developed expertise in providing application systems, work processes, parts integration, optimization solutions and after-sales support. Our solutions include outsourcing portions or entire functions of our customers’ procurement, warehouse and inventory management, logistics, point of issue technology, project management, business process and performance metrics reporting. We streamline our customers’ purchasing process, from requisition to procurement to payment, by digitally managing workflow, improving approval routing and providing robust reporting functionality.
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