Contract & Tender Associate - Ophthalmology

Our client is the global leader in eye care, dedicated to helping people see brilliantly. With an over 75-year heritage, they are the largest eye care device company in the world, with complementary businesses in Surgical and Vision Care. Being a truly global company, they work in 60 countries and serve patients in more than 140 countries.

This role will focus on supporting the Strategic Pricing and Market Access Departments, with a particular focus on supporting all tendered framework operations. This role involves working cross functionally with both internal and external stakeholders therefore effective communication and relationship building skills with a key eye for detail are essential.

• Coordinate and support end-to-end public and private sector tender processes from opportunity review through submission, award and implementation.
• Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance and other stakeholders to gather, review and compile content for tender and bid responses.
• Support the preparation of pricing schedules, commercial responses and supporting documentation required for tender submissions and other commercial opportunities.
• Draft, review and administer customer contracts, framework agreements, amendments, pricing schedules and commercial documentation.
• Act as a key operational contact for NHS Supply Chain (NHSSC), SBS and other framework providers, supporting applications, reporting, compliance and catalogue management.
• Coordinate framework pricing implementation, customer access requests and contract implementation activities in collaboration with the Pricing team.
• Manage quotation processes including capital, consumable and multi-quote requests.
• Investigate and resolve pricing, invoicing and contract discrepancies in collaboration with Finance, Customer Services and Sales teams.
• Support benchmarking activities, tender reviews and commercial reporting requirements.
• Provide commercial support to Sales teams, assessing pricing requests, tender opportunities and contract proposals to maximise business value.

A Highly Competitive Basic, Bonus and Benefits package will be paid.

• 1-3 years commercial experience within contracts, tenders, pricing, procurement, sales-support or bid management is desirable.
• Experience supporting commercial negotiations, contract implementation and customer onboarding activities.
• Understanding of NHS procurement routes, framework agreements and procurement portals (essential)
• Experience working with NHSSC, NHS SBS or other healthcare framework providers is desirable.
• Excellent organisational and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience within a commercial, contracts, tenders, procurement, pricing or bid management environment with the ambition to develop into a Contract & Tender Manager role.