Senior Tender Specialist (Dutch Speaking)

Job description

At Stryker, you will play a critical role in securing business opportunities that enable healthcare providers to improve patient outcomes, enhance patient safety, and deliver exceptional patient experiences. This is an opportunity to influence commercial success, collaborate across multiple functions, and contribute to the continued growth of a leading medical technology company.

What You Will Do

• Monitor internal and external tender platforms to identify and evaluate tender opportunities aligned with business objectives.
• Lead tender kick-off and review meetings to establish timelines, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• Prepare and coordinate qualification criteria to support informed Go/No-Go decisions.
• Develop and manage tender action plans, including documentation requirements, key milestones, and submission deadlines.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams throughout the tender process to ensure timely completion of all activities.
• Communicate tender status, risks, timelines, and critical updates to stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Collect, review, and manage all required tender documentation to ensure complete and compliant submissions.
• Maintain and continuously improve the tender content library and tender forecasting reports to support business planning and reporting.

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Law, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in tender management, bid management, contracts, or a related commercial function.
• Fully fluent Dutch language proficiency.
• Professional working proficiency in English.
• Experience managing end-to-end tender processes, including opportunity identification, qualification, submission, and evaluation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Law, or a related field.
• Experience working within healthcare, medical technology, life sciences, or a regulated industry.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams in a matrix organisation.

Additional Information

• This role offers opportunities for professional development in project coordination, stakeholder management, and strategic business planning within a global medical technology organisation.
• You will work closely with commercial, marketing, legal, finance, and operational teams to support business growth and operational excellence.

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies, offering innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology and Orthopaedics that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes.