Senior Specialist, Bids, Tenders and Contracts

Innovation starts from the heart. Edwards Lifesciences is the leading global structural heart innovation company, driven by a passion to improve patient lives. With millions of patients served in over 100 countries, each team makes a meaningful contribution by improving patient outcomes and discovering lasting solutions for unmet patient needs. Our **Bids and Tenders and Contracts Senior Specialist**position is a unique career opportunity that could be your next step towards an exciting future.

In this role, you will a nalyze, develop tender strategies, project manage tender responses and handle tenders and contracts with customers and commercial partners with commercial and strategic acumen, while ensuring quality and legal compliance.

**How**you’ll**make an impact**:

- Develop tender strategies and project manage tender responses for the assigned area, providing value-added guidance to sales mgrs and reps to support optimized company and product positioning
- Collaborate cross-functionally with other internal departments (sales, legal, regulatory, supply chain, marketing) to proactively update tender collatoral. Ensure tender risks / opportunities are communicated to the business and strategies put into place to minimize risks and maximize opportunities.
- Implement full contract lifecycle management activities, building strong external relationships with customers to support contract implementation strategies
- Develop improved processes, implement efficiencies based on Identified opportunities for innovations/optimization
- Perform complex data analysis and generate reports
- Remain up to date with local and regional tender requirements (legal requirements within MedTech)
- Perform Tender identification and assessment
- May provide guidance and coaching to more junior level team members
- Other incidental duties as assigned.

**What**you’ll**need**:

- Bachelor's Degree in related field,
- Ideally 8 years' previous experience in bids, tenders and full contract lifecycle management
- Previous health care or MedTech industry experience would be highly regarded but is not mandatory.
- **Business level French and English**written and verbal c **ommunication skills**and interpersonal relationship skills including **consultative and relationship management skills**

**What else we look for**:

- Additional Skills:

- Value-add, strategic mindset, with strong commercial acumen
- Strong understanding of French procurement law and how this applies to minimising risk and maximising opportunities with regards to tender responses and contract management
- Proactive, process improvement mindset
- Ability to quantify abstract conceptual data into concrete analysis
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills
- Proven expertise in MS Office Suite including PowerPoint
- Ability to adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

**What is it like to work at Edwards Lifesciences in France?**

As a global leader in patient-focused medical innovations, we offer rewarding opportunities and exciting challenges in a truly international, dynamic and friendly work environment.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where all employees can grow, personally and professionally. To achieve this, we offer on-the-job development, training opportunities and the support and guidance provided by dedicated employee groups (the Edwards Network of Women, Edwards Foundation charity team, sustainability activities, and others).

Edwards Lifesciences in France also offers the following benefits:

- Competitive Compensation and Benefits package
- Flexible working hours, remote working
- Profit sharing
- Risk Life Insurance
- Comprehensive Medical plan (including online access to healthcare)
- Service Awards
- Works Council social and cultural activities
- Enhanced Leave Benefits
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Comprehensive Wellness Program including onsite gym, Yoga, Pilates or SM System classes, massages, fresh fruit in the office, healthy lifestyle workshops, educational events, charity activities and much more.

Benefits are regulated by an internal policy which contains the full details regarding the entitlement and conditions for the benefits. Benefits policy and components may vary by location.