Contract Optimization Lead

2 days ago


Runcorn, Halton, United Kingdom PHOENIX Medical Supplies Limited Full time

About Us

We are a leading healthcare provider in the UK and Europe, dedicated to ensuring patients and the public have access to high-quality healthcare products and services. Our company operates in 26 countries, supporting over 14,000 pharmacies and delivering millions of medicines annually.

The Job:

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Contract Manager, responsible for developing and implementing category strategies for IT services, managing end-of-life services, maintaining contract registers, and ensuring financial accuracy and transparency. You will work closely with Procurement and Finance teams to ensure efficient cost and billing management, auditing and reporting on IT services and budgets.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement category strategy for the area of responsibility.
  • Manage end-of-life services and contracts, collaborating with the Service Delivery Management Team to cease relevant assets and contracts, ensuring best value at all times.
  • Maintain the Contract Management Register for IT contracts.
  • Support the Procurement team with administrative activities related to the IT Category/Suppliers cost of service, providing transparency of IT costs.
  • Work within the Procurement Team to ensure as much IT spend as possible can be on-boarded to the Purchase to Pay system.
  • Manage cost and billing for the UK IT function, ensuring incoming invoices are accurate and in line with contracts for all areas of IT.
  • Collaborate with Finance teams to ensure invoices are promptly paid within agreed contractual terms.
  • Audit IT invoices for accuracy against all current and ceased IT services, including cost and content.
  • Monitor and maintain IT services and assets, ensuring assets are accurate in the ITSM tool and costs associated are accurate for billing.
  • Provide financial reporting on IT services and budgets as required.

Requirements:

  • Demonstrated experience in financially managing vendor accounts and contracts.
  • Experience working in a Procurement and/or IT environment with ITIL processes is desirable.
  • Advanced knowledge and experience of Excel.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 Suite, including Power Apps.
  • Financial or Business Administration qualifications to NVQ level.
  • CIPS (or studying towards) is desirable.

Salary: £65,000 - £85,000 per annum, depending on experience. Benefits include health insurance, pension scheme, and career development opportunities.



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