Contract Manager

Spirax-Sarco Engineering; Norwich; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirax-Sarco Engineering seeks an experienced Contracts Manager to support EMEA & APAC operations with hands-on contract execution and risk mitigation beyond legal aspects. You will be embedded with sales and proposals teams, negotiating terms and guiding governance within approved thresholds.

This role requires practical contract experience, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to drive due diligence and sanctions checks before quoting and order logging across multiple jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• Experience negotiating contracts and executing them in practice.
• Ability to evaluate risks, enforceability challenges, and business impact.
• Experience supporting sales during live negotiations.
• Understanding contract governance, compliance, due diligence, and financial risk mitigation.
• Strong decision-making and risk management in contract terms.
• Proactive approach to driving priorities and contract discipline.
• Experience in international contract management across jurisdictions.
• Experience assessing liquidated damages with PM/PCM.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate agreements and ensure enforceable terms with risk control.
• Support sales teams by aligning terms with business objectives.
• Ensure governance, compliance, and minimum standards before approvals.
• Conduct due diligence, sanction and financial checks before orders.
• Standardise contract governance across EMEA & APAC.
• Review contract priorities and drive information flow for timely execution.
• Identify and mitigate contractual risks with project management.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders for cross-functional alignment.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Risk management

International contract management

Governance & compliance

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Contract Manager

The Role:

We seek an experienced Contracts Manager to support EMEA & APAC operations. This role requires hands-on contract execution experience, with a deep understanding of practical contract implementation, challenges, and risk mitigation beyond legal aspects. Industry experience is highly advantageous.

The Contracts Manager will be embedded with the sales & proposals teams, actively supporting contract negotiations to align terms and conditions with business objectives. While legal support is available for contracts over €500k, this role is responsible for making key business decisions related to contract terms and governance within the approved thresholds, ensuring consistency across the group.

Additionally, the Contracts Manager will oversee contract governance, compliance, and due diligence, ensuring that sanction checks and financial reviews are conducted before quoting and order logging. The role demands proactive engagement, driving sales teams to provide necessary information and regularly reviewing the three-month lookahead to maintain contract discipline and timely execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Negotiation skills, ensuring enforceable agreements and effective risk management.
• Support sales teams by aligning contract terms and general conditions with business objectives.
• Ensure governance & compliance, verifying adherence to minimum contract standards before approvals.
• Conduct due diligence, ensuring sanction and financial checks are completed before order acceptance.
• Standardise contract governance across EMEA & APAC, ensuring consistency and best practices.
• Review contract priorities proactively and push for necessary information to ensure seamless contract execution.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate contractual risks, working with the project management team to evaluate liquidated damage claims and minimise exposure.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, ensuring cross-functional alignment in contract management and risk assessment.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Strong contract negotiation & execution experience with a focus on practical business application.
• Ability to evaluate contractual risks, enforceability challenges, and business impacts.
• Experience in supporting sales teams during contract discussions and live negotiations.
• Holding an understanding of contract governance, compliance, due diligence, and financial risk mitigation.
• Strong decision-making and risk management skills, ensuring contract terms align with business priorities.
• Proactive approach to driving priorities, ensuring timely responses, and enforcing contract discipline.
• Experience in international contract management across multiple jurisdictions.
• Expertise in risk identification and liquidated damage claims assessment in collaboration with PM & PCM.

Desireable Skills and Experience:

• Industry experience in manufacturing, engineering, or industrial sectors.
• Knowledge of EMEA & APAC market regulations and business practices, in relation to contract laws, tax implications, and trade regulations.
• Strong understanding of international commercial and contract law.
• Proven experience in implementing standardised contract governance across regions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, fostering collaboration across business units.