Tender Specialist Temporary German speaking - AL Maastricht Airport

Responsible for the development, maintenance and implementation of Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) bids, renewals and proposals.Responsible for the execution and coordination of tenders.GPO Point person between internal and external (GPO) à direct and personal contact tot the controlling side of GPO’s is required and mandatory.Individual reporting of numbers, e.g. revenues and units of members, to GPO’s and key accounts, as required by the customer group. Monthly, quarterly and year-end-reports.Tracking of bonus levels as given in the contracts, internal execution for payment of bonuses by the finance department.Internal tracking and execution of group-individual payment terms in cooperation with the finance department.Point person in local language tot the GPO’s when it comes to contract wording and number controlling.Draft correspondence requiring understanding of technical matters.Acts as primary liaison between the company’s EMEA GPO Department and both internal and external field sales teams and operations team.Number analysis before negotiations with GPO’s.Individual analysis of the pricing strategy for quotation and contract preparation.Trigger function for the formulation of quotes and contracts before negotiations.Develops and maintains a GPO database.Processes negotiation and contract results in Oracle.Prepares financial impact reports for bids, proposals and renewals for review by Country Manager.Assists in educating, interpreting and communicating essential information regarding terms and conditions of contracts.Monitors all contracts for consistency and pricing uniformity.Oversees on-going contract analysis, including:a) verifying and managing contract compliance issues;b) verifying and managing customer qualification under various contract criteria;c) verifying, managing and coordinating group pricing;d) managing the contract check list during negotiation of contract.Designs and develops queries using internal and external database systems for generation of sales and profitability information analyses and reports relative to contract progress, group membership, pricing, eligibility, administrative reports and administrative fees and does actual generating of such reports.May, in the manager’s absence, ensure that requests for information or action are relayed to the appropriate individual(s) and, as needed, interpret such requests and assist in implementing action where necessary.Negotiation- and contract support on location.Conducts feasibility analysis and transfer of customer requests, such as monthly invoices or capitation.Price/volume execution in cooperation with Sales.Performs other related duties and tasks as required.Back up Customer Service. Tenders Analyses the results offered by tender alert services to ascertain if tender applies to the company’s products.Prepares the application documents to get the official tender document.Completes the tender questionnaire for tender submission.Coordinates the pricing schedules needed for tender submission together with sales.Administers awarded tenders in the Oracle database to ensure that Customer Service can adhere to tender requirements. Education and experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related area with four years of related experience.Demonstrated computer skills, preferably spreadsheets, word processing, database and other applicable software programs.Excellent analytic skills, with ability to understand financial impact of decisions.Excellent organizational skills.Self-motivated, detail-oriented and excellent time/project management skills.Results-oriented, with ability to work effectively in a matrix environment.Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate well-verbally and in writing with others.Fluent German, both written and verbally.  COMPETENCIES Correspondence composition/interpretation.Information gathering/routing/interpretation/implementation.Computer skills.Contract analysis.Problem solving.International company located in Maastricht.This job is a temporary job (about 5 months) to cover maternity leave!Match criteria: Technical, Job, Sales, 2000 - 2300 Euro, 2300 - 2700 Euro, 40 hours, Overig, University of Applied Science (HBO), Starter, 1 year, 2-5 years, 5-7 years, 10 years, Eindhoven area, German, Entry levelCompany name: Undutchables Recruitment Agency BV

This position, Tender Specialist Temporary German speaking - AL Maastricht Airport, was posted on February 3, 2012. Since this job has been published, it has been viewed 32 times.