GPO/RFP & Strategic Pricing Manager -Canada

embecta

$100K — $120K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, finance, healthcare administration, or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience with GPOs, RFPs, and procurement in healthcare environments.
  • Track record of identifying and winning bids aligned to product portfolios.
  • Strong understanding of Canadian healthcare systems and procurement processes.
  • Ability to manage complex bid processes and cross-functional teams.
  • Financial and analytical skills for evaluating pricing scenarios and business cases.
  • Excellent communication skills for translating complex inputs into clear recommendations.

Responsibilities

  • Lead GPO, RFP, RFQ, and strategic contract opportunities across various healthcare channels.
  • Maintain visibility of bid opportunities, renewals, and timelines.
  • Manage end-to-end RFP response planning and submissions.
  • Gather information from cross-functional teams for accurate submissions.
  • Develop pricing recommendations balancing competitiveness and profitability.
  • Communicate award outcomes and execute clear action plans post-award.
  • Conduct win/loss reviews to improve future bid processes.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with onsite requirements in Mississauga.
  • Cross-functional collaboration opportunities across departments.
  • Dynamic role that impacts the Canadian healthcare market.
  • Chance to develop competitive pricing strategies.
  • Engagement with diverse teams and stakeholders.
Full Job Description
embecta Canada is seeking a highly organized and commercially minded GPO/RFP & Strategic Pricing Manager to lead Canadian public procurement, GPO, RFP/RFQ and strategic pricing opportunities across healthcare channels. This role will be responsible for identifying and advancing bid opportunities, coordinating compliant RFP responses, developing pricing recommendations and business cases, and support successful contract execution. This highly cross-functional role will partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, Medical, Commercial Operations, and product specialists to ensure opportunities are evaluated, prioritized, submitted, awarded, and implemented effectively. This role is hybrid onsite at our Mississauga office What You'll Be Doing • Lead and coordinate Canadian GPO, RFP, RFQ, tender, and strategic contract opportunities across acute, non-acute, long-term care, healthcare facilities and distributor led channels. • Maintain visibility to upcoming bid opportunities, contract renewals, award timelines, risks, and growth opportunities. • Manage end-to-end RFP response planning, including timelines, requirements, stakeholder inputs, approvals, and submission readiness. • Partner with cross-functional teams to gather accurate product, pricing, legal, regulatory, supply chain, and commercial information. • Develop financial business cases and pricing recommendations that balance competitiveness, profitability, compliance, and long-term account strategy. • Support leadership reviews by clearly presenting pricing scenarios, revenue impact, margin implications, assumptions, risks, and recommendations. • Communicate award outcomes and translate wins into clear execution plans, including pricing setup, customer, or distributor communication, product availability, and compliance requirements. • Track post-award obligations and work with internal partners to ensure awarded pricing, products, eligibility, and customer access are implemented accurately. • Conduct win/loss reviews and apply lessons learned to improve future bids, tools, templates, trackers, and operating processes. What We're Looking For Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in business, finance, commerce, healthcare administration, marketing or related discipline. • 5+ years of direct experience working with GPOs, RFPs, RFQs, tenders, strategic contracts, pricing, procurement or commercial contracting in healthcare, pharmaceutical or medical device environments. • Proven track record of identifying, qualifying, coordinating and winning opportunities aligned to a product portfolio. • Strong understanding of Canadian healthcare systems, procurement processes, distributor channels, GPO dynamics, contract calendars and market dynamics. • Demonstrated ability to manage complex bid processes, competing deadlines, and cross-functional contributors. • Strong financial and analytical acumen including experience evaluating revenue, gross profit, volume, rebates, pricing scenarios, business cases and risk/opportunity tradeoffs. • Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills; able to translate complex RFP and pricing inputs into clear recommendations for leadership review. • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office required. Preferred Qualifications: • Bilingual capability in French and English, particularly for Quebec and CAG-related procurement requirements. • Experience with CRM, Power BI and contract/pricing systems #LI-KM1

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