Senior Tender and Contracts Specialist

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

• Manage the identification, preparation, coordination, and submission of all tender responses

• Provide commercial guidance regarding customer procurement activities to support OU bid/no bid decisions

• Manage the coordination & consolidation of all clarification and negotiation requests

• Attend customer meetings as required

• Manage the coordination and outcome of the post tender process for respective regions – including following up unsuccessful tenders

• Package tender documents for timely submission to tender boards as required in both hard and soft formats

• Create and maintain a central database of company information needed to successfully complete and submit a tender

• Provide visibility, guidance, and communication to Sales, Marketing, and other functions involved in a tender submission

• Develop and maintain a continuous communication channel with Sales, Marketing, and customer procurement departments in order to proactively position the contract management function to meet future business needs.

• Operate as a backup for other team members in case of absences

• Attend customer meetings and business review meetings, and facilitate them with internal teams

• Ensure that all quality requirements and objectives are achieved

• Participate in projects as required, to improve systems and processes for tender and contract management activities, reviews and maintenance.

• Continuous education on changing market conditions and customer requirements.

• Exhibiting behaviours aligned to the Medtronic Mindset standards.

• Observe health & safety policies & procedures and take all reasonable care that actions or omissions do not impact on the health & safety of others.

• Work within and actively promote the Medtronic mission, corporate strategies, policies, procedures and Business Conduct Standards.

• Degree in Business Administration, Law, or any contract-related discipline.

• Vendavo application knowledge and experience (Preferred).

• Proficient in MS Office applications, especially Word and Excel

• Hands-on experience with CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management) software preferred

• 3-5+ years in a “Tender Specialist” or “Tenders & Contracts Specialist/Analyst” role within a medical or highly regulated industry preferred.

• Highly effective interpersonal skills with the ability to build credible working relationships with customers and employees

• Excellent attention to detail and strong analytical skills

• Excellent written and oral communication

• Proven problem solving and decision-making skills and ability to work under pressure

• Strong commercial acumen

• Strategic Agility

• Effective organisational and time management skills

• Ability to multi task and manage complexity

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

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