Associate Tenders & Contracts Specialist (Temporary)

Stryker; Roma; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker in Rome, Lazio invites applications for a Tender & Contracts Specialist to administer the end-to-end tender process and manage customer contracts in collaboration with Legal, Sales, Finance and Product Management. You will coordinate approval workflows and ensure compliance.

The role emphasizes registering tenders, tracking DOA approvals, maintaining the contract database, and providing timely status updates to stakeholders while continuously improving procedures.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in tenders and contracts.
• Experience collaborating with legal, sales, finance, product management.
• Knowledge of contract management processes.

Responsibilities

• Scout tenders through platforms and websites.
• Coordinate tender responses with cross-functional teams.
• Maintain contract database and update stakeholders.
• Support pricing and competitive information gathering.
• Monitor tender outcomes and propose improvements.
• Create tender action plans with gantt chart (tasks, docs, RACI and deadlines).
• Coordinate multidisciplinary team in tender activities to create the commercial offer.
• Get approvals on final tender submission according to the DOA.
• Pro-actively communicate timelines and status updates with stakeholders.

Skills

Tender & Contracts experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Business Administration/Economics/Law) preferred

Job description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or OnsiteEducation •Bachelor’s degree level of working and thinking (preferably BusinessAdministration/Economics/Law)is a plus Experience •1-3 years of relevant work experience in Tenders & Contracts Travel Percentage: NoneJob's Mission . In collaboration with the tender and contracts team, you will administer the entire tender process (identification, qualification, response and evaluation). You will coordinate the tender process, key requirements in collaboration with Legal, Sales, Finance, Product Management and other relevant business functions specific to each tender submission terms and conditions. For customer contracts, you will provide information to support all sales related legal inquiries. You will work closely with Stryker’s legal counsel and your sales colleagues in effectively managing the contract database. The goal is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the contract compliance tracking and contract management process. POSITION SUMMARY - Scout tender opportunities (internal/external) through the relevant platforms and websites. - Provide information to support the Go/No-Go decision process and record consensus. - Register all identified tenders in Nexus for direct and indirect tenders. - Review and understand key tender requirements and terms and conditions. - Prepare information for tender kick-off meetings, pricing meetings and lessons learned meetings when possibile. - Create tender action plans with gant chart (tasks, docs, RACI and deadlines). - Co-ordinate a multidisciplinary team in tender activities to create the commercial offer. - Get approvals on the final tender submission according to the DOA (Delegation of Authority) approval matrix.. - Pro-actively communicate timelines and status updates with all stakeholders. - Create teams channels for tenders-where gant chart tracker and other docs can be uploaded, if needed - Support pricing specialists in price evaluations, providing current and previous tender award info (if not available to the business using local current tool). - Support the divisions and pricing teams with publicly available competitor information (if available). - Evaluate the tender outcome (win/loss). - Continuously evaluate the tender process and propose improvements. - Communicate customer feedback on Stryker’s performance on tenders and contracts to the business as part of lessons learned. - Manage and continuously update the COE content library for your region/country. - Maintain the Tender forecast and pipeline for senior management. - Distribute draft and finalized contracts (internal and external). - Highlight contract renewals through Nexus (or using other local tools) and the contract compliance tools. - Maintain the internal contract management system, providing easy access to tenders and contracts. - Update, maintain and optimize the opportunity tracker and pipeline. - Nexus compliance - Accurate visibility of tenders and contracts in your region/country