Tender Specialist Milano

Tender Specialist
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing.

Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world's most complex health challenges.

Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings.

As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development.

Cepheid is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Danaher Diagnostics companies.

Together, we're working at the pace of change on diagnostic tools that address the world's biggest health challenges, driven by knowing that behind every test there is a patient waiting.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Tender Specialist is responsible for supporting and managing all sales operations activities including tender and contracts management, new account activations, supporting sales quoting, instrument & reagent reporting and ad hoc project support as needed.

This position is part of the Customer Service department and will be located in Buccinasco (Hybrid).

At Cepheid, our vision is to be the leading provider of seamlessly connected diagnostic solutions.

**In this role, you will have the opportunity to**:

Prepare and submit tender responses on behalf of Cepheid in line with the commercial strategy ensuring they are submitted on time.

Responsible for customer pricing - ensuring prices are created in SAP, and dealing with annual renewals

Provide support to a specified Sales Region in the closure of commercial agreements for Cepheid - working in line with sales, order management, contracts and legal teams if required

Process all contract requests per policy guidelines, obtaining approvals as necessary.

Attend relevant sales ops & legal meetings to ensure all non-standard contracts and pricing issues are addressed appropriately.

Document, incorporate and share information to sales teams regarding contract updates, pricing, promotions, new product launches and related policy changes.

Design and provide ad-hoc reports to team members, Manager and other departments as requested.

Lead daily Visual Daily Management meetings with the rest of the team to drive improvements in key metrics with a continuous improvement attitude to drive customer satisfaction.

Participate in process project improvement efforts for Sales Operations through collaborative system automation projects and the documenting of new or enhanced processes.

Actively participate in cross functional projects as assigned by Manager.

**The essential requirements of the job include**:

High school or University degree (or equivalent experience)

Minimum 2 years of Tender Management experience, ideally in the Diagnostics/Healthcare industry

Experience with ERP systems (SAP), CRM systems (SFDC) and MS Office (Excel)

**It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in**:

Proficient English

Maximum 10% local and international travel may be required

At Cepheid we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce.

We recognize the benefits of flexible, hybrid working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement.

This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement in which you can work part-time at the Company location identified above and part-time remotely from your home.

Additional information about this hybrid work arrangement will be provided by your interview team.

Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Cepheid can provide.

When you join us, you'll also be joining Danaher's global organization, where 80, 000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win.

As an associate, you'll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.

Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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