Contracts Manager, Senior Manager

1 week ago


Reading Berkshire, United Kingdom Spinwell Full time

Contract Length:18 months
Location: Hybrid/Aldermaston 2 days in office
Security Clearance: SC requested
Creating a highly motivated, skilled, and professional contract management team that delivers contract performance outcomes, aligned to business and HMG commercial requirements, with the capacity to meet business demand plan.
Act as subject matter expert for assigned contracts, providing professional advice to enable business to effectively deliver contract objectives.
Ensuring all contracts, they are responsible for, have a robust Contract Management Plan with defined procedure for delivery performance management, invoice applications, risk management and contract reviews.
Ensure contracts are delivered in accordance with business management system, priorities and conduct internal audits to ensure compliance with government regulations and legislation.
Working collaboratively with stakeholders and with the SCM sub-unit Leadership Team (specifically the Head of Strategic Sourcing/the Head of Category Management) to understand their detailed business requirements and championing contract best practice. Influence key decision makers to secure best contract solutions to satisfy Board and HMG requirements.
Implement the Supplier Relationship Management framework for assigned key suppliers who have a significant impact on business, 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 for assigned suppliers, with the objective of minimizing risk for client and maximizing value.
Ensuring contracts maximise value for money and have defined performance outcomes. Ensuring all contracts have clear business ownership to track and monitor contract performance against KPIs and cost, quality, and time obligations.
Working with the SCM Delivery Unit Sourcing/Category team to lead contract negotiations pre-contract award and apply lessons learned to enhance contracting models and support supplier selection.
Leading contract negotiations and apply diplomacy to mitigate contract risks to client benefit and where necessary develop contract litigation strategies.
Implementing the Supplier Relationship Management framework and strategy for defined portfolio of contracts, creating trusted industry alliances to drive business innovation/efficiencies and developing optimum systems of business intelligence and relationships.
Private sector experience advantage
Challenging stakeholder management
NEC experience and construction experience is a bonus not essential
We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
Applying to this or any other vacancy advertised by Spinwell Ltd constitutes an agreement for Spinwell Ltd to hold your details for 24 months for the purpose of assessing suitability for the advertised position and to make you aware of any other positions deemed suitable of which You will make you aware by means of either email, text or phone. In line with GDPR regulations you are able to request your details be removed from the company data at any time by emailing us
Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.



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