Contract Management Specialist

Medtronic; Garston; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical technology company in Garston is seeking a Contract Management Specialist to oversee contract management, ensuring compliance and collaboration with stakeholders. The ideal candidate is self-motivated with a degree and has strong customer relationship management experience. This role operates on a hybrid schedule, requiring office attendance twice a week.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Flexible Benefits Package

Qualifications

• Ability to implement process flows and improvements.
• Demonstrable team player with a proactive attitude.
• Experience in managing key accounts.

Responsibilities

• Manage all contracts from award to expiration.
• Collaborate on call-offs and member agreements.
• Ensure compliance with contract terms.

Skills

Self-motivated

Excellent collaboration skills

Customer relationship management

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Overview

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You\'ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. Medtronic is among the largest medical technology companies in the world. Through innovation and collaboration, Medtronic helps to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. Last year, our medical therapies for the treatment of over 40 major conditions improved the lives of more than 75 million people around the world.

As our Contract Management Specialist, you will be responsible for managing all contracts and agreements from tender award until contract expiration. You will ensure contracts are reviewed and interpreted to align with internal processes and commitment. This includes reviewing terms and conditions, negotiating terms that can impose a risk to Medtronic and managing changes or amendments upon conclusion. You will also be the go-to person for contractual queries, and it is expected that you partner with your stakeholders and understand initiatives they are currently working on that could impact on existing contracts. This role is offered on our hybrid base model which means you will be required to attend Medtronic office in Watford 2 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Process, load and manage all contract extensions
• Collaborate with procurement and stakeholders to review and implement call-offs and member agreements
• Be responsible for contract implementation ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions
• Proactively utilise available tools, systems, and resources to gather and provide comprehensive information when addressing requests. Ensure all relevant details are compiled and communicated before escalating or transferring tasks to other team members
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for enterprise accounts, providing expert guidance and support on all contractual matters
• Be the Gatekeeper and SME for Salesforce Contract Repository ensuring compliance and adherence

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent in experience
• Self-motivated and able to work with a minimum of supervision
• Ability to understand process flows, implement these and provide recommendations for improvement
• Be good at prioritizing, a proactive person who can switch between different tasks, and handle multiple tasks in parallels
• Excellent collaboration skills to gather necessary information and build trust
• Demonstrable Team player, outgoing with a "can do" attitude
• Customer relationship / Key Account management experience
• Able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines

Benefits

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity.