Tender Specialist - UK, Ireland and Nordics

Sartorius; Epsom; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Group Personal Pension Plan

Salary Sacrifice Cycle to Work Scheme

Will Writing Service

Job summary

Sartorius seeks a Tender Specialist to drive commercial success across the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nordics. You will coordinate tender activities from opportunity identification through submission and post-tender follow-up, partnering with Sales, Service, Finance, Legal and external partners.

You will review requirements and terms to ensure compliant, competitive submissions while maintaining tender pipelines and KPI reporting in a dynamic international environment.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in Tender Management, Bid Management, Sales Operations or a comparable commercial role within an international B2B environment.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects, coordinate multiple stakeholders and meet challenging deadlines.
• Strong analytical, organisational and commercial skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret tender documentation, commercial requirements and contractual terms.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, fluent in English.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• A structured, proactive and solution-oriented approach, with the ability to work effectively in an international environment.
• Knowledge of a Nordic language and experience with public procurement or government tenders would be an advantage.
• Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify, monitor and evaluate tender opportunities across multiple regions.
• Manage and coordinate the end-to-end tender process from qualification to submission and post-tender follow-up.
• Review tender requirements, specifications, terms and evaluation criteria for compliant submissions.
• Coordinate between Sales, Service, Finance, Legal, Customer Service and external partners to deliver documentation.
• Support bid/no-bid decisions by assessing opportunities, requirements, risks and commercial potential.
• Maintain tender pipelines, KPI reporting, win-rate analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Tender Management

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

English fluency

Nordic language knowledge

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Be part of our Tender Management team. Join our Tender Management team as a Tender Specialist and play a key role in driving commercial success across the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nordics. In this position, you will coordinate and manage tender activities from opportunity identification through submission and post-tender follow-up, helping us deliver better health for more people. Working closely with Sales, Service, Finance, Legal, Customer Service and external partners, you will ensure competitive and compliant tender submissions while supporting sustainable business growth across diverse international markets.

Grow with us – Your Responsibilities

• Proactively identify, monitor and evaluate tender business opportunities through tender announcement portals and other market intelligence sources across the UK, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway
• Manage and coordinate the end-to-end tender process from opportunity qualification through bid submission and post tender follow up
• Review tender requirements, specifications, contractual terms and evaluation criteria to ensure compliant and competitive submissions
• Act as the central coordinator between Sales, Service, Finance, Legal, Customer Service and external partners, ensuring timely delivery of all required documentation and information
• Support bid/no-bid decisions by assessing opportunities, requirements, risks and commercial potential
• Maintain tender pipelines, KPI reporting, win-rate analysis and continuous improvement initiatives

What will convince us

• Several years of experience in Tender Management, Bid Management, Sales Operations or a comparable commercial role within an international B2B environment
• Proven ability to manage complex projects, coordinate multiple stakeholders and meet challenging deadlines
• Strong analytical, organisational and commercial skills with a high level of attention to detail
• Ability to interpret tender documentation, commercial requirements and contractual terms
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, combined with fluency in English
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• A structured, proactive and solution-oriented approach, with the ability to work effectively in an international environment
• Knowledge of a Nordic language and experience with public procurement or government tenders would be an advantage
• In order to commence working with us, the successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK.

What We Offer

What We Offer As a growing global life science company, stock listed on the MDAX and TecDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of Benefits:

• Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, Talent Talks, internal seminar offerings, coaching for managers
• Making An Impact Right From The Start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform even before joining, Welcome Workshops, "buddy" as point of contact
• Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, team spirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics, such as coaching, agile working and businesswomen network
• Attractive Working Conditions 37.5 hours working week 25 days annual leave plus public holidays Annual option to buy, sell or carry over annual leave
• Health & Wellbeing Competitive benefits package, including: Private Medical InsurancePrivate Dental InsuranceGroup Life AssuranceTravel Insurance (Employee Paid)Salary Sacrifice Health Assessment ServiceSalary Sacrifice Cycle to Work Scheme Planning Ahead For Your Future Group Personal Pension Plan Group Income Protection Salary Sacrifice Will Writing Service

About Sartorius Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide. We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment. Join our global team and become part of the solution.