Commercial Contract Manager (Supplier Relationship Management)

Lord Search & Selection; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a candidate for a pivotal role in contract management located in Central London. This hybrid position offers a salary range of £55,000 to £60,000 with excellent benefits. The successful applicant will be responsible for overseeing supplier relationships and performance, ensuring compliance with governance standards and procurement legislation. Ideal candidates should have strong skills in contract processes and stakeholder engagement, as well as experience in procurement and financial systems like SAP.

Benefits

Subsidised travel

Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in contract management is required.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Experience in negotiation and managing deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic commercial oversight for contracts.
• Support business leaders with supplier contract reviews.
• Evaluate KPIs, SLAs, and compliance in contract management.

Skills

Contracts management process knowledge

Contract law understanding

Procurement relationship management

Cost analysis techniques

Analytical modeling

IT skills (Word, Excel, MS Office)

Education

CIPS membership or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

Overview

Central London Office, Hybrid role, 55,000 - 60,000 basic salary range, plus Excellent Benefits (including subsidised travel).

This is an exciting time to join this high-profile business, as they embark on a planned range of growth and investment, in this expanding procurement and contract management team. Your role will be to provide strategic commercial oversight and supplier relationship management across a portfolio of contracts. Operating as a central point of accountability, you will support functional business leaders in regular supplier contract reviews, ensuring governance is maintained and supplier performance is actively monitored. You will drive contract performance through structured evaluation of KPIs, SLAs, and compliance with the latest PA23 procurement legislation governing in-life contract management, ensuring supplier delivery is measured, challenged, and continuously improved, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, risk mitigation, and value creation.

Essential Knowledge & Experience

• Commercially astute, with knowledge of contracts management process
• Good understanding and application of contract law
• Procurement and Supplier relationship management exposure
• Knowledge of a range of Indirect spend categories
• Experienced in cost analysis techniques
• Numerate with ability to produce reasonably complex analytical models
• Experienced IT user of Word, Excel, and other MS Office software

Essential Personal Skills

• Good stakeholder engagement
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels including 3rd parties
• Good negotiation skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines
• Well organised, with logical and structured approach to problem solving

Desirable Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified, or working towards membership of CIPS, or IACCM, or 5 years Contract Management experience
• Working knowledge of public sector or regulated industry legislation and supply chains
• Procure to pay and Finance systems experience (notably SAP)
• E-tendering tools knowledge
• Experience of planning and budgeting including business planning, expenditure mapping and development of strategies to create efficiencies

How to Apply

Please apply with your CV and details of current remuneration, quoting reference 10266.