Senior Contracts Manager

Role: Senior Contracts Manager
Job Ref: QAD 1732/#####
Pay Rate: Competitive Market Rate
Hours per week: 37 hours per week
Contract Length: Anticipated 8 months
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.
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