About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of healthcare. At Abbott, we're committed to helping you live your best possible life through the power of health. For more than 125 years, we've brought new products and technologies to the world -- in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices and branded generic pharmaceuticals -- that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life.

Today, 109,000 of us are working to help people live not just longer, but better, in the more than 160 countries we serve.

Our mission is to understand that the first step to living your best life is good health. Everything we make is designed to help you do just that. That’s our commitment to building life-changing technologies that keep your heart healthy, nourish your body at every stage of life, help you feel and move better, and bring you information, medicines and breakthroughs to manage your health www.abbott.com

About Abbott Diagnostics Division

Abbott is a global leader in in vitro diagnostics and offers a broad range of innovative instrument systems and tests for hospitals, reference labs, blood banks and clinics. Our products offer automation, convenience, cost-effectiveness and flexibility. Abbott has helped transform the practice of medical diagnosis from an art to a science, helping to create the modern diagnostics industry through the company's commitment to improving patient care and lowering overall costs.

The Role

In the role Tender & Contract Specialist you will be responsible for developing and coordinating internal and external processes, drive the pre-tender process and tenders from customers - including third party management and administrative tasks to support the sales process. This is a temporary contract position estimated to run until the end of 2021. We are looking for someone to join us in this role as soon as possible.

Responsibilities

• Develop and co-ordinate internal and external processes, expectations, and behaviors to drive the pre-tender process and tenders from customers

• Responsible for driving the tender preparation and submission process and ensuring all needed material and information is collected and formatted in time for submission

• Responsible for translating information into local language when needed

• Ensure the seamless and effective transition from tenders to contracts and to enhance customer satisfaction by enabling timely Implementation and minimal time to routine expected billing - in close cooperation with commercial

• Monitor and improve the performance of both customer and third-party supplier contracts to enhance the customer experience (analyze business performance versus contract commitment)

• Be point of contact for customers for communication and clarification

• Administrate customer and third-party contracts to reflect current practice/status with appropriate documentation. Creating the Nordic supplier database to cover all suppliers

• Co-ordinate and support third party provision through contracts with the project manager and order entry

• Support local sales force with further administrative tasks

• Success in this role is measured by Area Europe sales, margin and EP goals, agreed win rate and retention rate, Timeliness and quality of submitted tenders, performance level achievement for customer contracts and planned and conducted contract reviews for customers and third parties.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2-3 years track record in the diagnostic or medical devices industry with an emphasis on managing tenders and contracts and supporting the sales organization with administrative tasks

• Strong communication skills

• Work experience in laboratory is advantageous

• Must be team orientated, analytical, highly organized

• Candidates must be fluent in local language and English, additional languages are advantageous

What can we offer you?

Abbott provides a varied, challenging and international position in a dynamic and pleasant working environment. In our organization, you can count on excellent primary and secondary benefits, a positive working atmosphere, a personal growth plan, extensive training opportunities and good career perspective. We are in the business of advancement, both in health solutions and in the lives and careers of our employees. Our work across the world and in many areas of healthcare provides a rich environment for our employees to explore career paths, interests and opportunities.

How to apply?

If you are appealed by Abbott, looking for a job with meaning and recognize yourself in the outlined profile, please make your interest known. You can apply via our website (https://www.jobs.abbott/) with your CV and letter of application.