Assistant Contracts Manager - 1 year FTC

Job description

Danone is a major FMCG company in the UK, with market leading brands across four divisions: Waters (Evian, Volvic), Dairies (Actimel, Activia, Shape), Early Life Nutrition (Aptamil, Cow & Gate) and Nutricia Medical (Fortisip).

Nutricia specialises in the delivery of advanced medical nutrition for the very young, the old and the sick. As well as being the largest specialist nutrition company in Europe, Nutricia is the market leader in the UK.

This role is based in our headoffice in Trowbridge and is a year contract.

Overall Purpose of the Job

• Supporting the management of the tender process and coordination of tender documentation from OJEU to Contract Award including submission via electronic portals
• Managing 2-way communications process via electronic tendering portals throughout contract lifecycle internally and externally
• Influencing, liaising and negotiating with key customers/stakeholders throughout the tender lifecycle process
• Completion of complex documents e.g. pricing schedules, financial information for
  P & L
• Liaising with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure commercial agreements reflect customer and business expectations
• Advising the pricing process for new product lines, new accounts, price maintenance and extensions throughout the contract lifecycle. -liaising with Wholesalers and internal business partners
• Providing expert advice on the contract terms and process to provide guidance to the medical business to enable them to operate effectively within their roles
• Data analyse reports and if there are anomalies make changes or provide solutions

Main Challenges

• Working to tight deadlines
• Prioritising heavy workloads and managing unpredictable spikes
• Maintaining profitability in a sustainable way
• Constantly changing customer base and requirements
• Increasing customer expectation of contractual terms and conditions
• Public sector negotiations
• Uncertainty of change in NHS and future ways of contracting

Job Holder Skills & Experience Required

Essential

• Excellent business acumen
• Commercial awareness
• Strong attention to detail and quality focused
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to work under pressure & adapt to change
• Ability to build customer relations
• Good communicator with exceptional telephone manner
• Knowledge of public sector purchasing regulations
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Problem solving

Desirable

• Good knowledge of the Medical business model and challenges
• Understanding of NHS structure
• Understands the bigger picture and connectivity of the role within it
• Ability to handle objections
• Knowledge of public sector procurement regulations
• Understanding of procurement / employment legalities e.g. TUPE

Job Holder Education & Qualifications Required

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Advanced Microsoft word and excel skills

Desirable

• Evidence of CIPs qualification
• Negotiation skills

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