Contract Manager

CBRE; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate services company is seeking a Contract Manager in Manchester. The role involves managing a team responsible for supplier contracts and ensuring compliance with organizational standards. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of relevant experience, along with strong leadership and organizational skills. This role provides an exciting opportunity to influence key contractual processes and team dynamics.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant experience preferred.
• Experience in staffing, selection, training, and development.
• Ability to manage sensitive and complicated information.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and mentor employees, including performance evaluations.
• Coordinate daily activities and set work schedules for the team.
• Negotiate and monitor fulfillment of contractual obligations.

Skills

Leadership skills

Negotiation skills

Organizational skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Contract Manager

About the Role:

As a CBRE Contract Manager, you will assist with managing the team responsible for the administrative management of supplier contracts, certifications, and documentation consistent with internal and client requirements.

This job is part of the Contract Quality Management job function. They are responsible for managing the delivery of contractual services to ensure requirements are fulfilled.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
• Review, interpret, and evaluate contract and service agreements.
• Answer customer inquiries pertaining to the modification of existing contracts.
• Prepare and evaluate proposals for the new or continuation of existing contracts and make award recommendations.
• Negotiate and monitor the fulfillment of contractual obligations.
• Review amendments to existing contracts or requests for extensions. Provide recommendations of approval or alternative solutions.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.