Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing cutting-edge medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

Medtronic is a market leader, and our expanding portfolio delivers measurable clinical and economic value – and opens doors. With a passion for helping patients and a commercial mindset, you will make a significant difference together with Medtronic Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

The role of the Senior Tender & Contract Specialist at Medtronic involves working across all Operating Units in regard to the effective coordination of tender submissions and contract negotiations in addition to management of the customer supply contract lifecycle.

You will manage a portfolio of customers in these areas across the public and private healthcare sectors within ANZ. The role requires direct contact with these external stakeholders providing the face of Medtronic in the areas of tender and contract management.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

Tender Management:

- Manage the identification, preparation, coordination, and submission of all tender responses





- Provide commercial guidance regarding customer procurement activities to support OU bid/no bid decisions

- Manage the coordination & consolidation of all clarification and negotiation requests

- Attend customer meetings as required

- Manage the coordination and outcome of the post tender process for respective regions – including following up unsuccessful tenders

- Package tender documents for timely submission to tender boards as required in both hard and soft formats

- Create and maintain a central database of company information needed to successfully complete and submit a tender

- Provide visibility, guidance, and communication to Sales, Marketing, and other functions involved in a tender submission

- Develop and maintain a continuous communication channel with Sales, Marketing, and customer procurement departments in order to proactively position the contract management function to meet future business needs.

- Operate as a backup for other team members in case of absences

- Attend customer meetings and business review meetings, and facilitate them with internal teams

Contract Review & Management :

- Preparation, co-ordination and review of all contract and customer agreements, extensions and variations.

- Liaise with legal department,



functions & internal stakeholders for any terms and conditions in conflict with Medtronic standard terms and conditions

- Execute variations accurately and within agreed upon timeframes.

- Provide pro-active support to Sales and Marketing through contract activity reports, expiration notifications, and other contract information as required.

- Maintain the contract log in to our contracts repository, ensuring records are complete and up to date

- Maintain and update internal trackers on a regular basis

Other

- Ensure that all quality requirements and objectives are achieved

- Participate in projects as required, to improve systems and processes for tender and contract management activities, reviews and maintenance.

- Continuous education on changing market conditions and customer requirements.

- Exhibiting behaviours aligned to the Medtronic Mindset standards.

- Observe health & safety policies & procedures and take all reasonable care that actions or omissions do not impact on the health & safety of others.

- Work within and actively promote the Medtronic mission, corporate strategies, policies, procedures and Business Conduct Standards.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

- Degree in Business Administration, Law, or any contract-related discipline.

- Vendavo application knowledge and experience (Preferred).

- Proficient in MS Office applications, especially Word and Excel

- Hands-on experience with CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management) software preferred

- 3-5+ years in a “Tender Specialist” or “Tenders & Contracts Specialist/Analyst” role within a medical or highly regulated industry preferred.

📌 Senior Tender and Contracts Specialist (Australia)
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📍 Australia