Senior Tender Specialist (12 months FTC)

Physical well-being is more than just body; it includes our minds and emotions. Smith and Nephew develops technology to break health barriers, empowering people from farmworkers to grandparents to accept limitless possibilities. Our purpose: Life Unlimited.

The Tender Specialist manages tender and contract processes end-to-end, managing bid processes from opportunity identification through to contract implementation across Public and Private Hospital sectors.

This role plays a key part in protecting revenue, improving tender win rates, and ensuring contract compliance through effective execution, pricing support, and strong cross-functional collaboration. The role also contributes to revenue retention and growth by supporting competitive tender submissions aligned with business objectives.

This is a fixed-term maternity leave backfill role supporting continuity of tender and contract management activities within the ANZ Commercial CoE.

What will you be doing?

Contracts & Tender Management

• Manage the end-to-end tender lifecycle (planning, submission, and implementation)
• Coordinate tender responses and stakeholder contributions
• Maintain tender tools, databases, calendar, and reporting outputs
• Maintain and develop tender response library and knowledge repository

Pricing & Commercial Support 

• Support delivery of tender outcomes that contribute to revenue retention and growth targets

• Maintain hospital agreements and pricing governance
• Provide commercial and pricing analysis to inform and influence decision-making

Market Insights & Performance

• Monitor competitor activity and pricing trends to inform tender strategy
• Track, analyse, and report on contract performance (e.g. win rates, compliance, pricing performance)
• Identify trends and actions to improve tender outcomes and contract performance

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with Sales, Corporate Accounts, Marketing, Legal, Pricing, and Finance
• Support engagement with customers and procurement stakeholders where required
• Align tender activities with broader commercial strategies and priorities

What will you need to be successful?

• Tertiary qualification in relevant field.
• Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to develop relationships with internal and external customers
• Good analytical and documentation skills (Process orientated)
• High attention to detail and accurate with written correspondence
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of tender and contract management practices
• Computer proficiency in MS Office, specifically expert MS Excel

To apply, please ensure that you include a cover letter addressing it to Talent Acquisition Lead ANZ. Due to a high volume of applications, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.