Contract Manager
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Job Type | Freelance/Contract |
Location | Snowhill Birmingham WFH |
Area | Midlands, UK |
Sector | High Speed Rail |
Salary | £400 - £475 INSIDE IR35 |
Start Date | |
Advertiser | Charlton Recruitment |
Job Ref | HS1004 |
Job Views | 112 |
- Description
- Working on the new build of a High-Speed railway project in the UKthe Contract Manager will provide commercial contract management duties on professional services contracts on the PMO department working for the client organisation building a new High-Speed Railway in the UK.
Reporting to a Senior Contract Manager you will be managing 7/8 Professional Services Contracts valued on total c£60m – all of the contracts are professional services contract examples include Risk Management, programme controls etc. You will utilise a wide variety of contracts including Crown Commercial Services (CCS), NHS frameworks, OFGEM frameworks, High Speed Contracts working on a wide variety client terms.
The sucessful candidate MUST have:
- Contract Management on professional services contracts
- Experience using either Public Contract Regulations or Utility Contract Regulations
- Full Contract lifecycle experience including contract exit.
The role is initially working from Home, after which the organisation will decide whether it’s safe to move to a mixture of home and office (Birmingham city centre). The contract is intially signed off until 31st Dec with potential for contract extension and or permanent role.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of corporate contracts up to a combined value of £60m in the PMO department.
- Manage the progress of change requests through the company’s governance structure, systems, processes;
- Proactively monitor and mitigates risks associated with their contract portfolio
- Liaise with stakeholders with respect to the progress, spend and performance reporting of contracts, imposing and monitoring performance plans and Early Warnings where applicable
- Managing formal disputes
- Undertake compliance checks against contracts
- Work to achieve value for money at each stage of the contract
- Produce and work against contract management plans for each contract
- Manage contract exit
- Monitor contract performance and administer service credits and warranty payments where applicable
- Review financial standing of suppliers on an ongoing basis and manage any resulting actions.
- Additional accountabilities may include:
- Analysis on a range of commercial and technical information
- Setting up and facilitating meetings and information sharing with other functional areas
- Development of reports and presentations to update key stakeholder groups
- Ad hoc support to high-profile projects.
Skills:- Experience of professional services contract management
- Analytical, commercial and negotiating skills
- Ability to lead stakeholders through contract change request processes
- Ability to manage contract risk and understanding of different forms of contract and risk allocation
- Knowledge of working with or for publicly funded bodies including central government departments
Type of experience:
- Experience utilising a wide variety of contracts and terms: CCS, PSC, NEC etc
- Must have had experience using the Pubic Contract regulations or Utility Contract Regulations – working within strong governance, assurance and compliance regimes.
- Experience monitoring performance and compliance of suppliers – interventions & dispute resolution.
- Stakeholder and supplier management.
- Experience with a good range of programmes and software
- Commercially astute with strong cost control, negotiation, Contract Management & Administration.
- Procurement experience is desirable.
- Desirable Memberships / Qualifications - MCIPS, MRICS & IACCM
Decision Making
- The Contract Manager can contribute to decisions around contract lifecycle and management.
- The Contract Manager will be responsible for issuing Early Warnings and managing performance plan processes.
- The Contract Manager will work with a Procurement Manager “buddy” in order to advise stakeholders of their options around re-tendering.