Deal Manager (Industrial & Supply Chain Projects)

About the Role:    

As a Deal Manager (Industrial & Supply Chain Projects), you’ll help drive the success of DCS’s project bids and proposals. You’ll apply project management skills to coordinate internal teams, manage timelines, and keep proposal efforts moving from early concept through final submission. 

This role sits within the Pre-Contract team and is ideal if you enjoy organizing complex work, working across teams, and bringing structure to fast-moving, deadline-driven environments. 

What You’ll Be Doing 

• Own and manage proposal and bidding timelines across multiple internal teams. 
• Lead internal meetings to align on progress, risks, open items, and changes in strategy. 
• Guide teams through defined process stages, reviews, and approvals. 
• Coordinate multiple proposal efforts at the same time while balancing shifting priorities. 
• Ensure proposal activities align with overall win strategy and adjust approach as needed. 
• Facilitate issue resolution during solution development and proposal execution. 
• Provide clear progress updates and status reporting to leadership. 
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support the development of accurate, compliant, and high-quality proposals. 

Who You Are 

• You have a bachelor’s degree and 4–7 years of experience in project management, project execution, or a related role. 
• You understand industrial or supply chain environments and common facility standards. 
• You’re comfortable managing multiple projects with different timelines and levels of complexity. 
• You’re highly organized and able to identify, manage, and escalate risks, issues, and scope changes. 
• You can confidently initiate and guide cross-functional teams in response to customer updates or evolving requirements. 
• You communicate clearly with both project teams and senior leaders, including preparing status updates. 
• You’re proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable working within structured project processes. 
• You bring a calm, collaborative leadership style and set clear expectations while holding teams accountable. 
• You work well independently and thrive in team-based environments. 
• You adapt easily to change and adjust quickly as priorities, timelines, and processes evolve. 
• You’re proactive about identifying internal improvement opportunities and supporting process enhancements. 

This job description is not exhaustive. Other duties may be assigned as needed, and responsibilities may evolve to support the business and employee experience.

About Us:    

Conveyor may be in our name, but it’s only part of what we do. DCS was founded in 1982 and has grown to serve major clients in multiple industries by providing material handling, full-scale warehouse operations and conveyor design solutions that are custom crafted for their need. We don’t sell ready-made systems - we build relationships that empower us to craft custom solutions together. It’s the teamwork approach, sharing ideas and building upon them, that produces the best results.    

And DCS is committed to creating an extraordinary employment experience for our team. We work like crazy to hire and develop great people, build relationships, and ensure that the programs and services we offer our team are among the best in the business- from a killer snack wall and casual work environment to flexible PTO and opportunities to give back within the community.

More reasons to join our team:    

• We pride ourselves in our family-like culture and casual, but focused, work environment    
• We offer competitive salaries and health benefits    
• Our 401K program includes a 100% match up to 5%    
• Participation in our Discretionary Profit-Sharing Program    
• We offer our employees flexibility and autonomy    
• We do community outreach projects throughout the year    
• We know how to throw company events    
• We work hard, but we also know how to have fun - darts, anyone?

Individuals seeking employment at Designed Conveyor Systems are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Accommodation is available to applicants with a disability condition, when applying, testing, or interviewing for a position. Please let us know if you need accommodation.