Contract Solutions Specialist

**Make your Move**

We are proud to give our team members ownership over the direction and speed in which they grow - and we are so glad you are interested in continuing to grow with us internally with this opportunity.

**About the role**:
We are recruiting for a **Contract** Solutions Specialist** **to join our venue search department. In this role you will be responsible for reviewing and negotiating the customer’s individual global program hotel and venue contract agreements and addenda, as well as master service agreements (MSA) to ensure both commercial and legal terms are compliant and mitigate risk for the firm.

You will work on a dedicated customer account, the customer has an extensive book of work, including annual meetings that are large and complex by nature and cover the USA, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions. Outstanding administrative skills, superior attention to detail is crucial for this role.

Sound like you? Read on

**As a **Contract Solutions Specialist**, you will**:

- Work closely with the client’s meetings and events team, senior global operations manager and regional sourcing team leads to improve efficiencies and initiatives for contracting best practices.
- Work directly with the global sourcing team members to provide proactive consultative, strategic support with programme contracts, addenda, and MSA.
- Manage contracting process, including proofreading for accuracy, careful review, and negotiation of both commercial and legal T&Cs for hotel and venue contracts, Addendum & MSA, in accordance with established standards and best practices.
- Liaise with hotel sales teams, national sales office/global sales offices, and hotel legal and insurance teams over contract and addendum T’s and Cs to negotiate fair and reasonable terms and conditions for the customer.
- Complete a contract checklist handover form template highlighting any T&C’s that are non-compliant and ready for the customer’s M&E contract leads to review and submit for signature.

**You should have**:

- _ Proven experience of managing contracts from review, through negotiating to execution; either as the signatory, or on behalf of a client of yours._
- _ Extensive knowledge of the Meeting & Events industry; to include the sourcing / managing of global events and a good understanding of industry terminology._
- _ Outstanding attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines, even when doing so is difficult._
- _ The tenacity & motivation to achieve the best outcome, even when tight timelines and multiple priorities make it harder to do so._
- _ The ability to build & maintain senior stakeholder relationships; always communicating clearly, concisely & honestly._

**You might have**:

- _A legal background, either by way of education and/or working experience_
- _ All of the above, but not within the Meetings & Evtns industry_

**Our Benefits for this role**:

- Life Assurance x2 your annual salary
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Birthday day off
- Holiday Purchase Scheme - allowing up to 5 additional holidays days
- Discounted rates on Hotels & Travel
- Gym & Fitness Discounts
- Private Healthcare
- Pension Scheme
- Company Sick pay
- Lifestyle Benefits

**You should know**:

- This role is **hybrid** based with days spent in either our **London **or **Derby **Office or can be fully **UK Remote**:

- Our standard working hours are 9:00am-5:30pm with an hour lunch break

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**How to apply**:
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**THE PERKS**

**Flexible Working**

We believe that a flexible working environment is key to getting the best out of our teams. We will support you to work where you need to and when you need to, depending on how you work best.

**Room to Grow**

Our line of work and business structure challenge our people in a way that inspires growth, with learning and development built into every role. We give individuals ownership over the direction and speed in which they grow.

**Everyone has a voice**

We thrive on conversations that spark curiosity and empathy. No matter how big or how small, every voice is heard, considered and respected.

**Make your move**

The diversity of roles across BCD M&E’s global locations means that our people often find new adventures during their time with us. Join us as a meeting planner role in the UK, stay for a global marketing career — there’s always room to move.

**We’ve got you covered**

Our extensive benefits include comprehensive healthcare, retirement plans, continued education support, diverse work locations, travel and hotel discounts, volunteer and sustainability opportunities and a successful employee recognition program.

**We’re positive. You’ll love it.**

It starts from the top. Our leaders lead with positivity, believe in our people and trust us to do the right thing. There will always be support along your journey, in little and big ways.