Senior Contracts Manager

Job Description

The Senior Contract Manager will provide corporate contract management across the organisations contracts portfolio, spefically managing the NEC3 professional services contracts. Aswell as managing high value contracts , the Senior Contract Manager willalso manage a team of 6 assitant/contract managers.Deliverables:

• Successfully achieve the award of all contracts required
• Provide commercial support and decision-making across all contracts and manage those contracts to ensure that they deliver the strategic objectives of the project throughout the term of the agreement and deliver demonstrable value for money;
• Support the delivery of the strategic goals by building value adding supply chains with sustainable commercial relationships that deliver value and comply with obligations.
• Negotiate Commercial Agreements with third parties, coordinating interfaces and integrating across contracts and suppliers.

Respobilities :

• Take the Lead in Supporting delivery teams in the commercial and contract administration of NEC forms of contract
• Provide leadership, commercial assurance, and governance support to the relevant Directors, Heads of Department, Contract Managers, Assistant Contract Managers and Project Managers around the effective administration of corporate contracts.
• Coach and supervise team members and direct reports to bring about technical competence and consistency of corporate contract management across all contracts and check that organisation related actions or inactions which could result in constructive contractchanges are identified and making recommendations on their resolution.
• Develop and manage procedures to recognise and identify contract issues as they develop (whether formally crystallised disputes or not) and managing theirresolution under the changes provisions wherever possible, obtaining claims and legal expertise asappropriate.
• Work with the Functional Managers and Directors to check that decisions with commercial implications receive careful consideration, that appropriate business cases are developed, and commercial reporting is fully reflective of a true commercial position.
• Takes the lead in the drafting of change instructions on corporate contracts and the assurance of such work produced by direct reports.
• Manage the progress of change requests through the companys governance structure and in association with other functions
• Proactively support mitigation measure initiatives captured on the respective contract risk registers and ensuring compliance with contract processes
• Liaise with teams with respect to consultants progress, spend and performance reporting.
• Take the lead in the assessment of quotations and assessments by others in connection with compensation events.
• Oversee corporate contract management of other contracts.
• Work to achieve value for money at each stage of the contract and Develop and manage appropriate mechanisms to monitor compliance with contract terms and conditions.
• Maintaining a working relationship with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Legal and Risk Management to facilitate organizational interfaces between those performing (sub)contract management

Skillset :Must -Have expreince managing procurement/contracts teamsHave expreince managing high value contracts through the contract lifecylce & risk allocation.Corporate contract mangement in publicly funded environementsHybrid Working Model - 2days per week offcie based.