Contract Management Specialist

Career Moves Group I B Corp™; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in market research is seeking a Contract Management Specialist to enhance their contract processes. This role offers the flexibility of remote work with occasional travel to London. You will play a crucial role in analyzing contracts, implementing improvements, and ensuring compliance with legal standards. Your expertise will help streamline contract management and deliver significant savings on external contracts globally. If you are passionate about driving efficiency and compliance in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Experience in contract management and analysis is essential.
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate contracts and propose improvements.
• Knowledge of GDPR and cyber security considerations in contracts.
• Collaboration with procurement, legal and finance teams to align processes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth audits of third-party contracts and assess compliance.
• Collaborate with procurement, legal, and finance teams for alignment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: work with procurement, legal and finance to ensure alignment.
• Efficiency and Compliance Optimization: implement end-to-end contract handling with governance.

Skills

Contract Management

Analytical Skills

Process Improvement

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Cyber security

Stakeholder collaboration

Procurement

KPI SLA management

Job description

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This client is a global leader in Market Research, the role offers the possibility of being fully remote, with occasional (once monthly) travel to London.

The client is looking to implement significant savings on their external contract spends, and this role will play a major part in delivering those savings globally by analysing contracts, making strategic recommendations, and working with partners.

Location: UK, London

Length: 12 months

Key Responsibilities:

As a Contract Management Specialist, your responsibilities will fall into four key areas:

• Contract Review and Analysis:
  • Design and implement a scalable audit process for all contracts across global markets.
  • Conduct in-depth audits of third-party contracts, prioritizing high-volume markets and those with significant spend.
  • Assess and improve the current state of contract management, rationalize agreements, standardize formats, and update clauses as needed, including regulatory and cyber security considerations.
  • Evaluate contracts for outdated terms, incorrect supplier data, and missing KPIs or SLAs.
• Process Evaluation and Improvement:
  • Identify inefficiencies in supplier contracts and propose strategies for streamlining.
  • Recommend solutions for consistent contract templates, supplier performance metrics, and compliance requirements.
  • Develop processes to ensure contract details remain up-to-date, including supplier data, contract ownership, and regulatory compliance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Work closely with procurement, legal, and finance teams to ensure alignment in contract management.
• Efficiency and Compliance Optimization:
  • Create recommendations for a consistent process to negotiate, sign, and store contracts across global markets.
  • Ensure all contracts adhere to legal and regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, cyber security).
  • Suggest improvements to supplier management, including the incorporation of KPIs and reporting.

Success Measures:

• Delivery of KPIs and SLAs related to the Operations Modernisation Programme, with specific focus on third-party contracts.
• Implementation of effective, end-to-end contract management practices within the Operations team.
• Adherence to procurement governance processes.
• Establishment of a framework to ensure ongoing health and compliance of procurement processes.

The closing date for applications is COB 07/02, apply now!

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Project Management

Industries

Market Research