Commercial Contract manager

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Commercial Contracts Manager to join their team in London. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on solving commercial challenges and advising businesses to maximize value while minimizing risk. You will be responsible for managing contract performance, ensuring compliance, and fostering strong relationships with stakeholders. With ambitious growth plans, this opportunity offers a pathway for career progression in a reputable commercial function. If you have experience in sectors like IT, facilities management, or manufacturing, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

Qualifications

• Experienced in commercial contract management with a focus on pre-contract activities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to engage with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identify risks and liabilities in contractual agreements and ensure understanding.
• Review and maintain contract documents while monitoring compliance and performance.

Skills

Contract Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Risk Assessment

Commercial Awareness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Law

Job description

Job Description

London base 1-2 days in the office per week.

We are partnering with a global business who are seeking an experienced Commercial Contracts Manager to support one of their fastest growing sectors in the US/EMEA. Working predominantly on pre-contract activity, you will be adept at working at pace and interacting with senior stakeholders.

This role is for a people person, someone who likes getting under the skin of commercial problems and acting as a trusted advisor to the business to maximise value and minimise risk within your contract portfolio.

You will have ambitious growth plans and be driven to progress your career in a respectable commercial function. Experience from sectors such as Facilities management, IT/outsourcing, defence or manufacturing would be a great fit for this role.

Responsibilities:

1. Identify the risks, liabilities, and commitments of contractual agreements; ensure these are clearly understood and that the business fully appreciates any potential impact.
2. Review, draft, update and maintain contract documents working independently of legal.
3. Monitor and report performance and compliance against contractual obligations including commercial performance, financial management, and contract management.
4. Monitor customer satisfaction.
5. Work with the contract delivery teams to ensure that the management of change request process and change implementation is carried out in line with the contracts.
6. Report on progress of change requests and projects.
7. Review contract performance, assessing commercial risks and ensuring appropriate steps are taken to manage the risk.
8. Prevent and resolve contractual disputes.
9. Assure adherence to Group Commercial Policy.
10. Support the client engagement teams in all commercial aspects, post contract signature, to achieve the orders, profit and cash budget and overall management of the Client relationship.
11. Support the delivery streams who are responsible for the delivery of projects and provide clear direction working with the client engagement team.