Tender Manager
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About the Role
Thermo Fisher Scientific seeks a Tender Manager in Riyadh to manage government and institutional tenders in KSA. The role involves end-to-end tender management, cross-functional coordination, and governance.
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Responsibilities
- Manage the full tender lifecycle including identification, documentation, submission, clarification handling, and award follow up
- Prepare, compile, and submit tender documents via KSA government and semi government procurement portals
- Ensure full compliance with commercial, technical, legal, and regulatory tender requirements
- Coordinate site visits, technical evaluations, and layout submissions as required
- Act as central coordination point between Sales, Customer Support, Technical Teams, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, and approved partners
- Ensure all internal inputs are collected, validated, and approved within agreed timelines
- Enforce governance where third party partners operate under Thermo Fisher Scientific’s leadership
- Manage a team of specialists and support that team in tender preparation
- Support customer facing teams and senior management with tender related documentation and risk assessments
- Maintain professional communication with procurement bodies and internal stakeholders
- Prepare tender summaries, execution plans, and next step recommendations for senior management
- Maintain accurate tender trackers, submission records, and audit documentation
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Life Sciences, or related discipline (preferred)
- Proven experience managing government or institutional tenders
- Hands on experience with KSA tender portals and procurement processes
- Experience working in matrix organizations with multiple stakeholders
- Experience in managing a team of tender specialists or relevant people management history
- Stakeholder management top tier within institutes such as NUPCO, Etimad, MOH, Maaden, Aramco
- High attention to detail and documentation accuracy
- Strong coordination, follow up, and deadline management skills
- Ability to work under pressure with fixed submission deadlines
- Confident and experienced presentation ability
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- English required; Arabic required (fluent in both)
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Role Summary
- The Tender Manager is responsible for end to end management of government and institutional tenders in KSA.
- Ensures timely, accurate, and fully compliant submission of bids through national procurement platforms such as NUPCO and Etimad.
- Positioned as a customer support and pre sales function focused on execution excellence, governance, and cross functional coordination.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the full tender lifecycle including identification, documentation, submission, clarification handling, and award follow up.
- Prepare, compile, and submit tender documents via KSA government and semi government procurement portals.
- Ensure full compliance with commercial, technical, legal, and regulatory tender requirements.
- Coordinate site visits, technical evaluations, and layout submissions as required.
- Act as central coordination point between Sales, Customer Support, Technical Teams, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, and approved partners.
- Ensure all internal inputs are collected, validated, and approved within agreed timelines.
- Enforce governance where third party partners operate under Thermo Fisher Scientific’s leadership.
- Manage a team of specialists and support that team in tender preparation.
- Support customer facing teams and senior management with tender related documentation and risk assessments.
- Maintain professional and structured communication with procurement bodies and internal stakeholders.
- Prepare tender summaries, execution plans, and next step recommendations for senior management.
- Maintain accurate tender trackers, submission records, and audit documentation.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Life Sciences, or related discipline (preferred).
- Proven experience managing government or institutional tenders.
- Hands on experience with KSA tender portals and procurement processes.
- Experience working in matrix organizations with multiple stakeholders.
- Experience in managing a team of tender specialists or relevant people management history.
- Stakeholder management top tier within institutes such as NUPCO, Etimad, MOH, Maaden, Aramco.
- High attention to detail and documentation accuracy.
- Strong coordination, follow up, and deadline management skills.
- Ability to work under pressure with fixed and non negotiable submission deadlines.
- Confident and experienced presentation ability.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- English required; Arabic required (fluent in both).
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