Tender Specialist

CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women’s healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most in life. As a division of CooperCompanies, we're driven by a unified purpose to enable patients to experience life's beautiful moments. Guided by our shared values – dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing – our offerings support patients throughout their lifetimes, from contraception to fertility and birth solutions, to women’s and family care, and beyond. We currently offer over 600 clinically relevant medical devices to healthcare providers, including testing and treatment options, as well as an innovative suite of assisted reproductive technology and genomic testing solutions. Learn more at www.coopersurgical.com.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

- Structured, disciplined and effective working style, with the ability to manage multiple tenders and deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong project-management capability and confidence coordinating contributors across a matrix organization without direct authority.
- Excellent attention to detail, risk awareness and commitment to submission quality.
- Commercial mindset with the ability to connect tender work to participation, revenue, margin, customer strategy and market-share growth.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including structured data management, analysis, lookups, pivot tables and reporting.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 productivity tools and experience using digital collaboration and workflow tools.
- Experience using AI tools for document analysis, requirement extraction, data analysis, content management or productivity improvement.
- Ability to analyze tender outcomes, product/lot results and pricing data to identify patterns and improve future effectiveness.
- Working knowledge of SharePoint and Dynamics 365 CRM is beneficial but not required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Italian and English.
- Proven experience in a matrix organization – preferably international
- Flexible, collaborative mindset and willingness to support tender activity outside Italy when required.

Essential Market & Platform Knowledge:

- Demonstrated knowledge of Italian public procurement and tender law, healthcare procurement practices and public submission requirements.
- Hands-on experience with Italian e-procurement portals and submission processes, including Consip / MePA and relevant regional platforms.
- Experience with third-party Italian tender monitoring and management services or platforms, including Telemat or comparable solutions.
- Ability to monitor legislative, administrative and platform changes and translate requirements into practical tender processes.
- Knowledge of medical devices, fertility, laboratory products or regulated healthcare markets is strongly preferred.

Experience:

- 3+ years of relevant experience in Italian public tenders, procurement, bid management, contracts or complex cross-functional project delivery.
- Experience in healthcare, medical devices, life sciences or another regulated industry is preferred.
- Proven experience preparing and submitting tenders through Italian public procurement portals is essential.
- Experience coordinating pricing, contractual review, technical documentation and cross-functional approvals is strongly preferred.

Education:

- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, public procurement management, supply chain and procurement management, public or commercial law, project management or a related discipline.
- Alternatively, substantial relevant tender, public-procurement or project-management experience supported by appropriate professional qualifications or diplomas.

As an employee of CooperSurgical, you'll receive a competitive total compensation plan. Your recruitment team will be able to share more information about any variable pay opportunity and benefit package that accompanies this role. The good faith estimate of the salary range for this role is 32.252 to 43.002 Euro annually. The actual amount offered is determined by a number of factors including but not limited to location, skills and experience.