Senior Contract & Tender Associate – Ophthalmology – Surrey office based

South East,Surrey

Permanent

BH-20771

Senior Contract & Tender Associate – Ophthalmology – Surrey office based

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.

Role Responsibilities:

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.

Candidate experience required:

Demonstrable 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.
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.

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

Please apply online or contact CHASE for further information on 0131 553 6644.

Reference Number: 20771

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