Commercial Contracts Manager (Pre-Award and Post-Award) for NATO with security clearance

Work Life Group; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup in Brussels seeks a senior contracting professional to run end-to-end acquisitions from market research through tender and negotiation to award. The role is mostly off site, with regular days in Brussels, and requires independent delivery across complex programmes.

You will lead tender, evaluation and acquisition processes, advise on sourcing models, negotiate with suppliers, and oversee contract performance with robust record-keeping and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience with pre-award and post-award contracting on high-value acquisitions.
• Ability to lead tender, evaluation and acquisition processes.
• Experience in large international institutions or companies.
• Strong briefing and writing skills; able to brief senior management.
• Familiarity with e-procurement and procure-to-pay tooling.

Responsibilities

• Run tender, evaluation and acquisition processes on complex, high-value requirements.
• Research suppliers and markets, turning that into sourcing strategy.
• Advise on sourcing models and tender policy and procedures.
• Negotiate with suppliers and partners, including acceptance criteria.
• Oversee delivery against the contract, using performance measures.
• Keep procurement records and ensure system compliance.

Skills

Tendering

Market research

Sourcing strategy

Negotiation

Contract administration

Procurement tooling

Stakeholder briefing

Independent work

Education

Related discipline degree

Tools

Procurement software

Job description

Most contracts are won or lost before anybody signs anything.

A large international defence buyer needs a senior contracting professional who can run an acquisition from market research through tender and negotiation to award - and who then stays with it, measuring whether the supplier actually delivers. The work is mostly off site, with regular days in Brussels.

What you would be doing

• Running tender, evaluation and acquisition processes on complex, high-value requirements
• Researching suppliers and markets, and turning that into sourcing strategy rather than a folder of notes
• Advising on sourcing models, and on the policy and procedure behind tendering and supplier selection
• Negotiating with suppliers and partners, including the acceptance criteria that decide later arguments
• Overseeing delivery against the contract, using performance measures to challenge what is not good enough and to fix under-performance with the terms you have
• Keeping the procurement record straight in the systems used for it, and compliant with the rules that apply

What you would bring

• A degree in a related discipline with post-related experience, or a long and progressive contracting career in place of one
• Pre-award and post-award contracting on high-value, systems-level acquisitions, ideally acquired in a large international institution or a large international company
• Command of competitive and sole-source practice, cost and price analysis, contract law and contract administration
• The independence to work directly with a project manager on a large acquisition with little supervision
• Clear speaking and writing, including briefing senior management, and practical use of e-procurement and procure-to-pay tooling
• Welcome extras: exposure to ICT, artificial intelligence, cloud, secure data environments or next-generation digital services

Why this one is worth a look

It is senior commercial work with real scope, mostly delivered from wherever you are based, and it runs from a standing framework rather than a one-off project.