Business Support Specialist – Tenders

Job Description

Agilent inspires and supports discoveries that advance the quality of life. We provide life science, diagnostic and applied market laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications and expertise. Agilent enables customers to gain the answers and insights they seek, so they can do what they do best: improve the world around us. Information about Agilent is available at agilent.com.

As our next Business Support Specialist, you will be responsible to ensure tender legal compliance for private & public contracts in Belgium, working closely with legal and sales departments.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Perform tender admin & coordination activities, drafting documentation & quotation and checking formatting, completeness, accuracy, consistency and compliance
• Work closely with internal Product Specialist, Sales & Legal teams
• Analyze tenders & sales data, creating dashboards, files and templates according to local needs.
• Liaising with Buyers, Procurement/Market Analysts, and Transaction Procurement Specialists to provide contractual and compliance advice
• Monitor price dynamics, ability to identify price discrepancies, communicating effectively with Contracts and Orders colleagues to fix issues.
• Follow up on third party products, check customers consumption and payments, supporting sales on approval processes with procurement and finance departments.
• Provide pre-sales and/or post-sales consulting to benefit Agilent customers in areas such as product/service order fulfilment processes, customer service requests such as end-to-end order status management,
• Work on customer service assignments with broadly defined objectives

This position is based in our offices in Brussels (Diegem), where partial remote work would be an option (up to 2 days a week). 

Qualifications

We are looking for a motivated individual with great communication skills and the following:

• University degree, ideally in a legal or business field
• First experience in managing/working with tenders, either in a similar position or in sales
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools
• Proficiency in Flemish, French and English
• Proficiency with analysis/reporting tools would be an advantage

On a personal level, you are proactive, autonomous

and a team player. You also have great communications skills to interact with a lot of internal and external partners. You show problem solving skills and you have the ability to make quick decisions.

We offer:

• An opportunity for you to make a significant impact in a world-class company and develop your skills
• A role among passionate colleagues, in a growth orientated and inclusive environment. You will become part of a caring and fast paced environment, built on integrity, sharing and trust
• The chance to be part of a company where we value quality in the solutions we deliver to our customers, with our employees and in relation to the processes we work with.
• Career development opportunities in an international company
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• A commitment to work/life balance.
• Company pension scheme, yearly company bonus, private health care, stock purchase plan, medical & life insurance…

Additional Details

This job has a full time weekly schedule. It includes the option to work remotely.

Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locations

Agilent Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.

Travel Required:

Occasional

Shift:

Day

Duration:

No End Date

Job Function:

Administration

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