Bilingual Contracts & RFP Specialist, French & English

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About the role

  • Bilingual Contracts and RFP Specialist managing tenders, contracts, and customer negotiations for Vantive’s vital organ therapy business. Supporting sales, profitability, compliance, and risk reduction.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver end-to-end tender management
  • Manage contracts through their entire life cycle
  • Maintain contracts and assess associated business and legal risks
  • Manage contract renewals, strategies, and tenders end to end
  • Project manage and respond to RFPs
  • Check multiple RFP websites daily for opportunities related to Vantive’s product line
  • Work across multiple corporate functions and management levels to understand needs and provide guidance
  • Recommend rebate structures and wording
  • Liaise with the Senior Manager, Contracts & RFPs, and Corporate Counsel on business and legal terms and conditions when required
  • Adhere to templates and the rebate library
  • Minimize contractual risk through terms and conditions assessment
  • Ensure compliance with BOPs and respond to internal and external audits
  • Drive process improvements, standardization, and best practices
  • Support frontline sales teams
  • Support contract implementation, maintenance, and renewals with recommendations aligned to corporate directives, strategies, and BOPs
  • Host RFP kickoff calls and provide guidance and pricing-strategy recommendations
  • Maximize business profitability within Vantive guidelines in collaboration with Sales and Marketing
  • Extend contract terms beyond one year to defend existing business and incentivize customer volume growth and product penetration
  • Rationalize and standardize agreements using Vantive’s standard contract template
  • Negotiate customer terms and conditions to limit Vantive’s risk when required
  • Manage projects within the Contracts team and participate in cross-departmental projects

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business management or related field
  • 3+ years of experience with contracts management, or a bachelor’s degree in a related field is required
  • Fully bilingual in French and English
  • Demonstrated ability to apply Vantive’s Culture Levers
  • Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work with various internal teams, sometimes with minimal supervision or direction
  • Self-starter able to deliver timely and accurate results with limited supervision
  • Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks and manage time efficiently
  • Strong functional knowledge of a contract lifecycle management system and ability to train others
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
  • Experience with data and reporting tools such as Cognos, Tableau, or other BI tools
  • Knowledge of the Canadian Health Care System and Group Purchasing Organizations
  • Ability to negotiate terms and conditions to lower Vantive’s risk

Benefits

  • Hybrid work setup with 3 days onsite
  • Remote option available for candidates residing outside Ontario
  • Discretionary bonuses may be available
  • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$68,000 - CA$85,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

CognosTableau

Location requirements

HybridLavalCanada

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