Contract & Supplier Management Specialist

4 weeks ago

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Venesky Brown Full time
Job Description

Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation, is seeking a Contract & Supplier Management Specialist for 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.

Engagement with and influence of strategic suppliers, developing a comprehensive understanding of the commodity supply market.

Planning and prioritising supplier performance reviews and contract and governance diary, liaising with Strategic Procurement, Procurement Operations, Stores, Business Owners, etc.

Identification of commercial risk, development and implementation of effective mitigation strategies and actions, and reporting of risk and progress with mitigation strategies internally.

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.

Essential Skills:

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.

Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including procurement, legal, finance, and operations, to achieve common objectives.

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, 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 to 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.

Desirable Skills:

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.

Venesky-Brown's client is a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, and this role will be hybrid working with a minimum of 2 anchor days in the office per week.

For more information, please get in touch.

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