Contract and Supplier Management Professional
3 days ago
Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently seeking a skilled Contract & Supplier Management Specialist to join their team on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract. This role will be hybrid working with a minimum of 2 anchor days in the office per week.
Key Responsibilities:- Delivery of the supplier and contract management framework and associated procedures across the supplier portfolio, ensuring strong performance and delivery of commitments.
- Direct management of contracted suppliers, identifying opportunities and delivering improvements across key commercial relationships.
- Plan and prioritise supplier performance reviews and contract and governance diary, liaising with Strategic Procurement, Procurement Operations, Stores, Business Owners, etc.
- Ensure the identification of commercial risk, develop and implement effective mitigation strategies and actions, and report the risk and progress with mitigation strategies internally.
- Provide resolution of disputes and claims, escalating to CSM Team Lead, Category Head and/or Legal as appropriate.
- Input to the development of procurement strategies, specifications, service level agreements / key performance indicators, contract terms and conditions and implementation / mobilisation plans.
- Support with the on-boarding and mobilisation of new contracts / suppliers, including CSM support during programme execution or implementations.
- Supporting a procurement category and inputting to the development of the category strategy, as well as support to wider procurement teams and stakeholders with best practice advice.
- Support the following:
- i. Post-project reviews / lessons learned
- ii. Business continuity planning and documentation
- iii. Risk management and reporting as per defined processes
- iv. Delivery of contract training sessions for the Procurement Team and staff
- Significant experience of successful contract & supplier management, demonstrating improved value, operational effectiveness & reduced risk.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
- Experience in delivering cost efficiency, process improvements and additional benefits.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to analyse data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
- Experienced managing multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks, and meeting deadlines.
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including procurement, legal, finance, and operations, to achieve common objectives.
- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject
- Relevant and recent contract management experience
- Good commercial competence, risk management, and strong negotiation skills
- Personal credibility and ethics; capacity and confidence to manage contracts and deliver change with aptitude for implementing and improving best-practice procedures.
- Excellent and highly responsive customer management skills.
- Aptitude for dealing with complex issues, reorganising priorities, and multi-tasking on concurrent contracts in a frequently changing environment.
- Good communication skills and sensitivity to balancing customers' needs and organisation obligations.
- Presentation skills to deliver project and other management reports and recommendations for improved practice.
- Good analytical and computing skills, accuracy and attention to detail, and ability analyse databases and spreadsheets.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills, along with the ability to make good business decisions in collaboration with others.
- Ability to manage a workload with conflicting high priority tasks.
- Understanding of contract law, procurement best practices and relevant regulations
- CIPS qualification/recognised commercial qualification.
- Relevant procurement (MCIPS), business management or law degree
- More than 3 years of relevant and recent contract/supplier management experience
- Commitment to continuous professional development
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