Contract Management Specialist

Morson Talent; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious defence recruitment agency is seeking a Contract Management Specialist for a 6-month contract in Bristol, with the possibility of extension. The role involves managing complex contract negotiations and supporting a major digital services transformation project. Candidates should have experience in contract management and excellent stakeholder engagement skills. This position offers hybrid working opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex contracts and negotiations.
• Ability to interpret contractual terms and conditions.
• Strong business judgment in contract execution.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of a pan-defence IS transformation contract.
• Manage contract change and amendment proposals.
• Build and maintain effective customer and stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Commercial negotiation

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Job description

Overview

Morson Talent are currently recruiting for a Contract Management Specialist to work on behalf of one of our prestigious Defence clients based in Bristol. This is a contract for 6 months with possibility of extension. An exciting opportunity has become available to join our client as a Commercial Manager in the Digital business unit, focusing predominantly on a pan-defence IS transformation contract. The role is full-time based in Bristol, with hybrid working available.

This is a non-line management role within the client’s Digital Commercial Team, reporting to the Digital Head of Commercial. The Digital business unit is one of 3 business units in the client, and the digital commercial team supports a portfolio of complex contracts, mainly with the UK MOD, with ongoing growth activities and long-term contracted programmes. The business growth comprises a mix of on-contract change and new business bids and proposals, in line with company growth strategy.

Across this portfolio, you’ll find energetic and motivated integrated teams working together to deliver for our customer, and the Commercial function delivers value-adding business partnering in all phases of the contract lifecycle. In this position, you will play an integral role to support the portfolio and will have the opportunity to work with and support colleagues across our teams as we support a wide variety of responsibilities in a dynamic environment. You can expect assignments requiring typical contract management execution duties, providing expert commercial support and exercising strong business judgment in optimising our delivery of the contract and working closely with our customer leading and supporting contract change and amendment proposals of varying sizes and complexity. You may be asked to participate in and support other strategic imperatives of the overall business as we pursue growth opportunities within and outside of our existing portfolio. You will be provided with support and coaching to perform successfully and be given a set of responsibilities to work independently to develop your skills and capabilities.

Notable features of the role include negotiation and mobilisation of a complex and high profile digital services transformation contract, supporting with supplier and intercompany flow-down, negotiation and mobilisation, managing the discharging of contractual obligations, interpretation of contractual terms and positions, building and maintaining effective customer and stakeholder relationships, proactive risk and opportunity management, preparing and negotiating proposals for contract change & amendment proposals as well as proposals for new business, managing intercompany arrangements and supplier flow-down, proactive participation in all required programme and customer meetings and providing effective governance to changes and proposals to ensure robust, protective and profitable outcomes by adopting a leadership attitude and approach. In addition, there may be an opportunity to participate in early campaign phases to commercially influence and shape aligned to business strategy and core capabilities.

About the role:

This is a mid-level, non-line management role within the team, with principal responsibilities including: