The Job's Mission 

Tender & Pricing works cross-functionally to realize Stryker's commercial and corporate goals. The team is responsible for a portfolio of activities that include Tenders, Pricing, Quotes, Sales Contracts and analysis and support.  We strive for Stryker to be perceived by the customer as excellent in producing effective and compelling tender documents. This small group is comprised of individuals with diverse expertise but a common passion to drive Stryker’s agenda, both inside and outside the organization, within an extremely busy and deadline focused environment.

Key Activities & Accountabilities

• Manage the preparation and submission of Tender documentation, instilling a proactive approach to new submissions through strong collaboration with the Sales/marketing team.
• Manage the preparation of contracts resulting from successful tenders.
• Respond to on-going internal and external customer inquiries regarding contracts and pricing.
• Manage the special pricing deals set up for customers.
• Further define and improve upon the existing Tender and contracting processes to increase process efficiencies and output effectiveness.
• Prepare margin analysis for list prices, tenders and bids.
• Support with collection of information for business case analysis on offers and tenders.
• Discount calculations based on tender obligations. Adapted to the different countries defined needs.
• Follow up, analyse and investigate various requests from local business.
• Respond to published OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union) advertisements and apply for full texts which are to be completed in a timely manner and prior to closing date.
• Assist with the management of Stryker Annual Price master files and production of Stryker's Price list per country.
• Take ownership of group email – either dealing with queries independently or passing them on to the relevant team member.
• Client liaison, gaining intelligence of forthcoming bids.
• Maintain accurate records and files (manual & electronic) of all the tender data (i.e. correspondence, quotations, internal input, etc.).

Education

• Fluent spoken and written Swedish and English. Any other Nordic language is a plus.
• Graduate level degree.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Adequate IT Knowledge (e.g. Microsoft Office, Oracle).

Experience 

• 0+ years of related work experience in Tender work or other relevant position, for example, purchaser, finance, procurement.
• Experience working in a multi-international business environment preferred.
• Experience working with analysis.
• Experience in Microsoft Office, Super user in Excel.
• Knowledge and understanding of public (and private) sector bid requirements.