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Contracts Manager

Barclay Meade
Posted 5 days ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Solihull, West Midlands B90 4SF

Salary

£40,000 - £48,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A multi-national outsourcing business is seeking a Contracts Manager to provide commercial and contractual expertise, particularly in negotiating and drafting contracts for procurement colleagues.
  • The role requires extensive contract drafting and negotiation experience, with a focus on procurement and supplier contracts, ideally in IT, FM, professional services, and consultancy.
  • The Contracts Manager will be responsible for managing contracts valued at £1m+ and will also oversee a small external legal services team for smaller contracts.
  • This mainly remote position offers a salary between £70,000 and £75,000, along with a car allowance of £4,200 and a potential bonus of 10-20%.
  • Candidates should have experience working with government or public sector contracts and possess strong stakeholder engagement skills.

Multi-national outsourcing business requires a Contracts Manager to provide commercial and contractual expertise (negotiating, drafting) to procurement colleagues during their interactions with suppliers and supply chain partners. Strong hybrid options.

The Contracts Manager will join a centralised team of commercial contract management professionals providing contractual advise, contract drafting and negotiation expertise to stakeholders (predominately in procurement)during their negotiation of procurement, supplier and subcontract agreements. These suppliers and supply chain partners will form part of an outsourced offering to an end-customer usually in central government or the public sector.

The procurement and supplier contracts that will be drafted and negotiated by the Contracts Manager will be of £1m+ in value and be for a range of services; IT, FM, professional services and consultancy. The Contracts Manager will also help manage a small external legal services team who support on smaller value contracts. Alongside supporting colleagues with procurement and supplier contracts there will be opportunities to work on internal processes around contract management processes -playbooks, templates etc.

A mainly remote role, we're anticipating x1 trip p/month to the offices which could be Basingstoke, London or Solihull. In addition to a salary of £70,000 - £75,000 the business is offering a car or allowance of £4,200 and a 10-20% bonus potential.

Specific duties of the Contracts Manager include:

  • Review, draft and negotiate supplier and subcontract contractual agreements on behalf of procurement colleagues
  • Bidding Contract Negotiations; lead commercial and contractual interactions with subcontractors in regard to bids and work winning activities
  • Provide functional advice and training to colleagues across with responsibilities for procurement or supplier contracts
  • Be responsible for supplier and contracts risk, take steps to mitigate and ensure compliance with company governance and procedure
  • Process improvement work; templates, manuals, playbooks, track changes in law etc. own and capture these documents

Contracts Manager applicants should meet the following criteria:

  • Extensive contract drafting and contracts negotiation experience
  • Experience of procurement/supplier contracts, ideally in the areas of; IT, FM, professional services and consultancy
  • Comfortable working in a downstream focused commercial contract management and supplier relationship role
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement skills - the ability to advise, influence and support
  • Previous experience in a business contracting into government or the public sector is advantageous

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