Contract Specialist

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**Contract Specialist**

The Contract Specialist is responsible for owning and driving in-country process for service contract renewals and warranty expirations, additional coverage, and generating contract revenue. They will own the functions of inbound lead generation, lead nurturing and revenue generation. The contract specialist will work close with local Marketing and Sales leaders to build and create ROI’s (data and presentations), proposals, and strategies for presentation.

**What you will do**:

- Responsibility may be for a specific country (local) or for a whole region
- Relationship & engagement with Sales Partners (RSM/REPs/BUDs/PMs)
- Managing all renewals, opportunities & strategies for service contracts together with divisional sales teams
- Generate and communicate new leads to designated Sales Representatives & indirectly influence a team of sales representatives to manage new contracts and renewals
- Identify opportunities for existing/new customers
- Work cohesively to educate Sales Representatives and team members on service contract pricing and strategies
- Manage contracts prior to expiration of warranty & licenses
- Communicate ProCare value proposition to internal & external stakeholders
- Prepare and communicate product information (such as review of repairs, failures etc.) for internal and external customers
- Participate, facilitate usage and provide feedback for sales tools such as Nexus, Power Bi, Quoting tools
- Work with respective marketing and sales, ensuring service revenues are optimized in line with product obsolescence
- Develop and Manage Renewal Strategy, renew contracts prior to expiration date, and increase renewal rate as specified in business objectives
- Attend customer meetings independently or jointly with sales, as needed, to provide expert understanding of products and services provided
- Work in partnership with local Finance team on pricing for financed deals (Flex, Rentals, Consignment) and manage revenue allocation process to ensure appropriate revenue recognition
- Work in partnership with Data team
- Ensure alignment on ProCare marketing activities with EU team (including the introduction of new products, SLA’s, collaterals creation, trade shows and other related meetings)

**What you need**:

- Bachelor's degree in business area or related discipline required
- Up to 1 years’ experience in sales, tele-sales, customer facing position preferred
- Demonstrated written and oral communications skills including strong presentation skills
- Professional Experience and success working with people from multiple cultures and backgrounds
- Fluent in English and Italian
- Must be capable of working closely with a Sales Team
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects
- Must be able to manage time, projects, stress and conflict
- Must possess strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication
- Must be able to bring tasks through to completion
- Must have the ability to prioritize work and keep detailed and confidential records
- Must be able to communicate / present to large groups of people
- Up to 20% travel

**What we offer**:

- ** Flat hierarchies and responsibility.** Through flat hierarchies, we strengthen the initiative and willingness of our employees to take over responsible tasks.
- ** We grow talent.** At Stryker we offer great personal and internal career development for our employees, with the possibility to make both vertical and lateral position movement.
- ** Team spirit & engagement. **We create engaged and inclusive teams that encourage colleagues to share their diverse perspectives and opinions.
- ** Competitive salary. **With us, you will receive a competitive salary commensurate with your job.
- ** Recognition of your performance.** At our company, outstanding individual and cross-functional team performance is rewarded. Ideas, projects, or other exceptional achievements can be submitted for various awards on a local and global level.
- ** Stryker Women's Network (SWN).** The SWN is committed to an open and modern corporate culture that fosters the development of talented and dedicated women. SWN is open to all employees and strongly advocates an inclusive work environment.

**About Stryker**:
Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better.

The company offers innovative products and services in Medical and Surgical, Neurotechnology, Orthopedics, and Spine that help improve patient