Published: Nov 7, 2024 – The Acquisition Specialist drives business growth through B2C client acquisition, manages relationships with buying agencies, and leads targeted online campaigns with a focus on app environments. This role oversees lead generation efforts for B2B, monitors campaign performance, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to execute and optimize strategies. The specialist also utilizes data-driven insights to analyze the complete sales funnel, conduct multivariate testing, and enhance product growth both on web and in-app platforms.

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1. Acquisition Specialist, Blue Sky Solutions, Denver, CO
Job Summary:
- Responsible for driving the company's property acquisitions pipeline and growing the portfolio of single-family homes in key and target markets
- Being a member of a small team, you will enjoy thinking broadly and strategically while executing quickly and tactically, having a direct impact on the company's results and mission
- Work alongside real estate agents in local markets to source, negotiate terms, and acquire multi-family properties for SPG
- Conduct and coordinate due diligence activities of potential acquisitions, including the contract, inspection, due diligence, and closing processes
- Create and collaborate on reports for senior management and investors
- Lead a successful customer experience, including timely responses to clients and agents
- Assist in the formation and advancement of Real Estate Operations strategies and goals
- Participate in other projects across Real Estate Operations and the broader company
- Assist in post-closing procedures, including property management matters
Skills on Resume:
- Property Acquisition Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)
- Due Diligence Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Real Estate Market Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Report Creation and Collaboration (Hard Skills)
- Client Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Project Management (Hard Skills)
- Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
2. Acquisition Specialist, Greenfield Technologies, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
- Identify and review content for acquisition in the audio format
- Cultivate relationships with existing and new Rights Holders for licensing opportunities
- Develop P&L and acquisitions support materials to secure internal buy-in
- Negotiate deal terms and contracts with Rights holders
- Coordinate with internal project managers to support successful publication & launch of products
- Work closely with sales teams and recommend positioning and release strategies
- Take responsibility for ad hoc projects
- Conducting cost analysis of acquisitions
- Reviewing contracts and preparing award modifications
- Take responsibility for maintaining contract files
- Interacting and communicating effectively and professionally with government officials
Skills on Resume:
- Content Review and Acquisition (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Financial Analysis and P&L Development (Hard Skills)
- Contract Negotiation (Hard Skills)
- Project Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Sales Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
- Effective Communication (Soft Skills)
- Contract Management (Hard Skills)
3. Acquisition Specialist, Horizon Consulting Group, Raleigh, NC
Job Summary:
- Provide property comping and valuation on single-family homes
- Analyze properties from a variety of different sources
- Analyze data and trends to proactively identify current market values and make accurate valuations on an assortment of different product types and price points in the real estate market
- Participate in and coordinate due diligence and provide overall transaction support including contracting and managing third-party report
- Track local real estate market data
- Getting all payments processed on time for the vendors
- Keeping a check on payments made on FB, Google Accounts
- Take responsibility for website content management/updation
- Develop and maintain all job descriptions and job postings, and execute all required job postings promptly
- Assist with special projects
Skills on Resume:
- Property Valuation (Hard Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Market Trend Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Due Diligence Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Payment Processing (Hard Skills)
- Website Content Management (Hard Skills)
- Job Description Development (Hard Skills)
- Project Assistance (Soft Skills)
4. Acquisition Specialist, Pinnacle Enterprises, Salt Lake City, UT
Job Summary:
- Testing out new acquisition channels for growth of registrations, Deposits
- Working with social media specialists to use creative methods for reaching out to customers on different platforms
- Competition benchmarking and Research - SimilarWeb, SEMRush, etc.
- Coordinating execution of all campaigns with vendors/Operationalisation
- Liasoning with them to bring down Cost per Acquisition
- Mapping Records of Performance from different channels
- Smartly integrating platforms improving insights and minimizing tracking issues
- Troubleshooting tracking-related issues with the development team other internal stakeholders and external vendors
- Using available reporting tools like GA, Hotjar, etc. to facilitate insights on user journey and user behavior on brand site
- Consolidating performance from other owned assets for a cohesive view of the customer base
Skills on Resume:
- Acquisition Channel Testing (Hard Skills)
- Social Media Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Competitive Benchmarking (Hard Skills)
- Campaign Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Cost Management (Hard Skills)
- Performance Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Troubleshooting (Soft Skills)
- Data Analysis and Reporting (Hard Skills)
5. Acquisition Specialist, Crestview Marketing, Orlando, FL
Job Summary:
- Generate new customers by prospecting daily
- Defining sales focus through quarterly sales objectives and driving sales initiatives
- Develop and execute a cold and warm calling strategy
- Co-author and execute plans to drive sales
- Close sales and achieve both monthly and quarterly quotas
- Establish positive relationships with dealers, while promoting the Kijiji Autos brand
- Work collaboratively with both inside and outside sales teams, as well as sales operation and support teams
- Work with Marketing to plan and execute lead-generation campaigns
- Handle the Contract/IO process and ensure all paperwork is accurately completed
- Evaluate, analyze, and report on customer feedback (e.g. scorecards, business reviews, complaints) relative to Autos products and service level
- Provide reports on all activity using Salesforce, as well as forecasts on acquisition numbers
Skills on Resume:
- Customer Prospecting (Hard Skills)
- Sales Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
- Cold and Warm Calling (Hard Skills)
- Sales Plan Execution (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Collaborative Teamwork (Soft Skills)
- Lead Generation Campaign Planning (Hard Skills)
- Data Reporting and Analysis (Hard Skills)
6. Acquisition Specialist, Summit Innovations, Minneapolis, MN
Job Summary:
- Leading acquisition efforts independently or with a team
- Work independently or lead a team in the development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for a variety of products, services, or solutions
- Complete minor acquisition actions and provide support as a team member on larger, more complex acquisitions for DOS
- Develop acquisition documentation, including requirements documents, acquisition strategies, independent government cost estimates, determination and findings, evaluation criteria, and milestone plans
- Advising Technical Evaluation Teams
- Assisting Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs) in ensuring their contracts comply with applicable laws and terms and conditions and that deliverables meet contractual requirements
- Assisting CORs with submitting timely Contractor Performance Assessment Reports (CPARs)
- Assisting CORs with contract close-out
- Publishing Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
- Analyzing proposals, applications, and/or quotes received
Skills on Resume:
- Acquisition Leadership (Soft Skills)
- RFP Development (Hard Skills)
- Acquisition Support (Hard Skills)
- Documentation Development (Hard Skills)
- Advisory Skills (Soft Skills)
- Contract Compliance Assistance (Hard Skills)
- Performance Assessment Support (Hard Skills)
- Proposal Analysis (Hard Skills)
7. Acquisition Specialist, Redwood Strategies, Portland, OR
Job Summary:
- Originate, modify, revise, review, and/or update the following types of acquisition-related documentation such as acquisition plans, acquisition strategies, source selection plans, justification and approvals, etc.
- Assist in source selections.
- Serve as liaison between the office of contracts, finance, and all customers providing and coordinating information, questions, concerns, and contract data for all contract actions.
- Review and conduct price/cost analysis of contractor proposals
- Prepare written documentation in support of contract actions
- Assist with and verify that all FAR and NAM–required documentation is located in contract file format that is complete and contains all requisite review and approval signatures
- Resolve post-award performance issues (e.g. data rights, property issues, Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) mitigation plans, International Traffic and Arms Regulation (ITAR) waiver issues, etc.
- Review, annotate, and track invoices, as well as investigate and resolve payment and/or invoice discrepancies
- Perform workflow processes concerning the acceptance, rejection, and/or payment of invoices
- Attend meetings/record minutes
Skills on Resume:
- Acquisition Documentation Management (Hard Skills)
- Source Selection Assistance (Soft Skills)
- Liaison Skills (Soft Skills)
- Price/Cost Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Written Documentation Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Compliance Verification (Hard Skills)
- Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Invoice Tracking and Management (Hard Skills)
8. Acquisition Specialist, Catalyst Development, Madison, WI
Job Summary:
- Execute and meet the objectives of the business plan in terms of growth and acquisition of new B2C clients.
- Lead the commercial relationship with programmatic and/or affiliation buying agencies to promote the acquisition of new users.
- Launch online campaigns, with a majority focus on app environments, for the B2C segment
- Launch lead generation campaigns to obtain qualified leads for the B2B sales network.
- Monitor, control, and report all actions and campaigns carried out from the point of view of acquisition.
- Work closely with the acquisition team and closely with the Growth figure and the retention team for the creation and execution of campaigns.
- Take responsibility for the analysis of strategies and interpretation of data.
- Analyze the funnel or complete sales cycle, from the download to the final action. Data-driven decision making.
- Carry out multivariate product growth hacking tests, both on web pages and in-app environments, and analyze the experiments to discover new perspectives.
- Support program procurements by providing acquisition support services through the collection of technical progress reports, cost, schedule, alternative, and workaround procedures provided by the prime contractors.
Skills on Resume:
- Business Plan Execution (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Online Campaign Management (Hard Skills)
- Lead Generation Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Performance Monitoring and Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Collaborative Campaign Development (Soft Skills)
- Data Analysis and Interpretation (Hard Skills)
- Growth Hacking Techniques (Hard Skills)