Senior Contracts Officer

Global engineering business requires a Senior Contracts Officer. Applicants need contract management experience, including negotiating contracts with either customers or suppliers, in a B2B, manufacturing or engineering environment.

The Senior Contracts Officer will be responsible for managing a range of commercial contracts (supplier and customer), ensuring the business agrees to commercially advantageous agreements which also ensure compliance with industry/organisational requirements and mitigate risk.

Specific duties of the Senior Contracts Officer include:

• Review customer/supplier contracts and assess contractual and commercial risk
• Draft, review and negotiate T&Cs of long term agreements
• Act as commercial contracts SME to colleagues in; Bids, Procurement, Sales etc.
• Administer contracts - assess performance against T&Cs and compliance
• Day-to-day contract management and contract change activities
• In life and post-signature activities - contract extensions, claims, disputes etc.
• Escalate complex issues/conflicts to colleagues in the legal department
• Work with Legal and Commercial colleagues to improve contract management; tools, systems and processes

Senior Contracts Officer applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Experience of managing contracts, in a contract management, commercial or procurement role
• The ability to negotiate contracts, mitigate risks, respond/review contracts and draft responses
• Excellent communication and relationship skills - internal stakeholders, external supplier and customers
• Law or Business degrees, IACCM, MCIPS, LPC, GDL qualifications would be advantageous but not essential
• Comfortable working on site 4 days per week and 1 day remote