Bilingual Contracts & RFP Specialist

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Your Role:

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering end-to-end tender management, contract management through its entire life cycle, contract maintenance, and understand the risks associated with business/legal. You may have the opportunity to negotiate terms & conditions with customers as detailed within the responsibilities listed below.

What you'll be doing:

• Contract and Tender Management 

  • Work across multiple corporate functions;

  • End-to-end management of contract renewals, strategies and tenders by overseeing the entire process; 

  • Project manage and respond to RFPs;

  • Check multiple RFP websites on a daily basis to search for RFPs posted for Vantive’s product line;

  • Work with all levels of management to better understand needs and provide guidance;

  • Recommend rebate structures and verbiage;

  • Liaise with Sr. Manager, Contracts & RFPs, as well as Corporate Council, if required,on business/legal terms and conditions; 

  • Adhere to templates and rebate library;

  • Minimize exposure to contractual risks through best-in-class terms/conditions assessment; 

  • \Ensure compliance with BOPs and respond to internal/external audits;

  • Drive efficiencies through process improvements, standardization, and best practices;

  • Sales analytical support, contract maintenance and reporting;

  • Support the frontline sales team;

  • Support contract implementation, maintenance, and renewals by providing recommendations and ensure alignment to corporate directives, strategies, and BOPs;

  • Host RFP kicks off calls, provide guidance, and recommendation to price strategies;

  • Maximize business profitability within Vantive guidelines in collaboration with Sales and Marketing;

  • Optimize opportunities by extending contract term beyond one year to defend exiting business from competitors and incentivize customer volume growth/product penetration;

  • Rationalize and standardize agreements utilizing standard Vantive contract template;

  • Negotiate terms and conditions with external customer to limit the risk to Vantive, if required;

  • Manage projects within the Contracts team as well as participate on projects with other departments. 

What you'll bring:

• ​​Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required

• 3+ years of experience with contracts

• Bilingualism - French & English

• Demonstrated ability to apply Vantive’s Culture Levers to daily work, problem-solving;

• Requires strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work with various internal teams to achieve a goal, at times with minimal supervision or direction;

• Must be a self-starter with the ability to work proficiently and drive for timely and accurate results with limited supervision

• Must have excellent organization skills and be able to prioritize multiple tasks and manage time efficiently

• Strong functional knowledge of a contract lifecycle management system and the ability to train others;

• A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word as well as experience working with data and reporting tools such as Cognos, Tableau or other BI tools is required;

• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks;

• Knowledge of the Canadian Health Care System as well as Group Purchasing Organizations. 

• Ability to negotiate terms and conditions to lower Vantive’s risk. 

Vantive is committed to supporting the need for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission.

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