Pre-Sales Technical Writer FTC

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Role: Pre-Sales Technical Writer
Located: Northampton (Ricoh operate a vibrant working policy giving you flexible hybrid working options)
Package: Competitive salary, Pension, Benefits
About Ricoh:
Ricoh is a global technology business. As a company born in print, we design and manufacture graphic solutions that transform communications. To keep up with the pace of change in the workplace, we have built an extensive portfolio of innovative, industry-leading digital services spanning everything from Cloud & IT infrastructure solutions to process automation tools.
Everything we do is designed to help individuals achieve fulfilment through work. Through technology, we make work smarter and more creative. Enabling people to lead purposeful working lives and organisations to become more productive, sustainable and profitable.
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What you will be doing

• Analyse tender documents and gather technical solution data from Pre-Sales Subject Matter Experts
  
• Collaborate with Pre-Sales across Ricoh’s Portfolio of Professional Products and Services.
  
• Work with Pre-Sales to write high quality bid responses that deliver both business and technical solutions that meet each customer’s specific needs.
  
• Structure proposals to meet evaluation criteria and convey messages in a logical sequence.
  
• Highlight unique selling points and technical advantages.
  
• Attend bid kick off calls and contribute to solution meetings.
  
• Review and revise documents prepared by others.
  
• Develop and maintain a library of materials addressing popular topics in our evolving marketplace.
  
• Understand and conceptually articulate how Ricoh’s Portfolio of Professional Products could be deployed into customer environments to achieve their overall objectives / evaluation criteria.
  
• To be able to demonstrate & articulate enthusiasm for software, services and technology that can be trans-formative in the modern workplace
  You will ideally have
  
• A solid understanding of the technical and business concepts surrounding the following areas:-
  

• Print Management
  
• Scan & Capture Solutions
  
• Content Aware / Business Intelligence Solutions
  
• Cloud / SaaS Solutions & concepts
  
• Networking fundamentals
  
• Information Security
  
• Document Workflow Principles
  
  • Solid ability to research new subject matter
    
  • Ability to liaise professionally with subject matter experts when needed
    
  • Confidence to logically plan and write responses from first principles
    
  • Excellent written and oral English skills with a good understanding of effective Bid writing
    
  • Ideally to have gained some experience in a successful Bid writing function with some understanding of the bid processes in both the Public Sector and Commercial Sector
    
  • Able to demonstrate resourcefulness and resilience given the strict timescales attached to each bid
    
  • Professional and confident in manner, and possessing excellent communication skills, demonstrating the ability to deal effectively with internal/external customers, peers, management and the wider business
    
  • Demonstrate the ability to balance business and commercial risks with the requirements of our customer’s and desire to win new business
    
  • Resilient and able to operate in a commercial environment, often working flexible hours to achieve deadlines, sharing responsibility
    
  • Excellent time and priority management skills.
    
  • A proven record of the ability to manage multiple opportunities at the same time
    
  • IT literate – Must have advanced MS Word and MS Excel skills, also have a good IT capability to learn the use of other software packages such as proposal software
    We are an equal opportunities employer
    We are open to discussing adjustments to the recruitment process if needed. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.
    Striving for inclusion and diversity isn’t just the right thing to do. Diverse approaches, perspectives and experiences make us more innovative, lead to better decisions and help us better understand the needs of our customers.
    To empower you to bring your full identity to work, we have employee-led affinity groups in LGBTQ+, gender and ethnicity that allow members to explore issues and challenges surrounding shared identities, experiences and beliefs.
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