Job description

The Specialist - Tender role is responsible for managing the full tender lifecycle for government and private healthcare institutions across the United Arab Emirates. The position ensures timely, compliant, and competitive tender submissions while maximizing award potential and safeguarding company pricing, regulatory, and contractual requirements. Acting as a central coordination point, the role interfaces with sales, regulatory, supply chain, finance teams, and government procurement bodies. Responsibilities include monitoring tender portals such as RAFED, Mubadala, and UPP, reviewing tender announcements and specifications for eligibility and commercial feasibility, preparing and submitting tender documentation in compliance with institutional and UAE procurement laws, and maintaining detailed tender calendars for upcoming opportunities, renewals, and contract expiries. The role manages pricing and commercial analysis through coordination with finance, competitor pricing assessments, and historical tender data review, ensuring internal pricing approvals. The Specialist oversees awarded tender contracts, tracks compliance with pricing, quantities, delivery terms, and penalties, manages renewals and amendments, maintains structured tender documentation repositories, prepares tender performance and win/loss reports, highlights risks and opportunities, and provides insights to support sales forecasting and annual budget planning. Strong engagement with governmental hospital stakeholders including clinical pharmacists, heads of pharmacy, department heads, procurement teams, and medical stores is a core component of the role.