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Contracts Manager

Contract

Full Time

Location

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Salary

£65,000

Step into a role where your impact starts immediately, driving one of the most ambitious transformations in public transport technology. Our client, a public sector technology leader, is seeking a Contracts Manager to steer the success of a multi-million-pound project. This is your opportunity to use your expertise to shape the future of transport technology.
 

Key Responsibilities

  • Contract Ownership: - Develop a deep understanding of the contractual and commercial obligations for both the provider and their public sector client.
  • Performance Management: - Track key milestones, deliverables, and obligations, ensuring that contractual expectations are met on time and to a high standard.
  • Commercial Insight: -  Identify risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement within the contract, advising senior leadership on strategy and action.
  • Stakeholder Management: - Build and maintain strong relationships with the client and internal teams, ensuring transparency and alignment at all times.
  • Compliance: -  Manage, or support as required, all compliance and approvals gates associated with a contract, ensuring adherence to all regulatory and commercial requirements. 
  • Methodology Development: -  Support the development of contract management methodology and processes, updating based on lessons learned from each contract. 
  • Refinement of Documentation: - Support the refinement of contract documentation to drive clarity and alignment. 
  • Transition and Handover: -  Work closely with the Contract Lead, Procurement, and Evaluation Manager to facilitate a smooth handover as procurement concludes.
  • Collaboration: -  Work closely with suppliers, Local Authorities, and other internal teams including Commercial Finance, State Aid SMEs, and programme teams to drive successful outcomes. 
  • Regular Monitoring: - Support mobilisation of contracts and establish regular contract management meetings with suppliers and stakeholders to review performance against contracts.
  • Performance Reporting: - Manage timely and accurate reporting, ensuring KPIs are tracked and achieved.
  • Delivery Oversight: -  Manage delivery against contract milestones, including reviewing supplier plans, approving outputs, and overseeing payments. 
  • Risk and Issue Management: - Report, track, and manage the resolution of delivery and supplier risks or issues, escalating where necessary. 
  • Programme Reporting: - Feed into portfolio-level reporting on overall progress and performance against targets.
  • Performance Management: - Apply performance mechanisms such as liquidated damages, dispute resolution, and contract termination where necessary.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria:
  • Experience working with suppliers or customers and dealing with complex issues.
  • Proven track record of managing supplier performance reports or internal reports, such as Risk and Issue Registers or Contract Change Logs.
  • Experience managing or supporting complex contracts.
  • A keen desire to learn and work in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable Criteria:
  • Although not essential, it is beneficial to have an understanding of public sector procurement and contracts.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams, for example, delivery, finance, and legal.  Experience working with contract management systems or other management tools.

Behaviours:
  • You will be assessed against these behaviours during the selection process:
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Delivering at Pace

Why This Role?
  • As a Contract Manager, you’ll be joining a business that is growing rapidly and transforming the public transport sector with innovative technology solutions. Here’s what you can expect:
  • Ownership of a flagship public sector contract with a significant impact.
  • Opportunity to grow a contract and account management team as the business expands.
  • A competitive salary of up to £65,000 plus bonus.
  • Hybrid working (based onsite in Nottingham City Centre for the first 6 months to integrate into the team).

Note: This role is only open to UK residents. Sponsorship is not available at this time.

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