Senior Contracts Manager

Location: Reading, West Berkshire, Hybrid working

We are seeking a Senior Contracts Manager to act as the subject matter expert for assigned contracts, providing professional advice to enable business to effectively deliver contract objectives.

Key Accountabilities:

• Create a highly motivated, skilled, and professional contract management team that delivers contract performance outcomes
• Ensure contracts have a robust Contract Management Plan with defined procedure for delivery performance management, invoice applications, risk management and contract reviews
• Implement the Supplier Relationship Management framework for assigned key with the objective of managing risk, managing performance, and extracting more value from the supplier base
• Support the development and drive the implementation of Supplier Strategies
• Support procurement activity through providing best practice contact advice to develop contract templates and bespoke terms
• Ensure contracts maximise value for money and have defined performance outcomes.

Key requirements:

• Excellent Stakeholder management skills
• Evidence of managing post-award contracts on a large scale
• Experience in dispute resolution
• Able to identify where change is needed and propose contract changes to all stakeholders.

If you consider yourself to have a disability or if you are a veteran, and you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will be put forward for the ‘Guaranteed Interview’ scheme whereby you will have the opportunity to discuss this role and your suitability with a member of the Sourcing team.

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the equivalent PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information.