Contract Manager

JR United Kingdom; Stevenage; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Contracts Manager to oversee contract administration and negotiations in a fully remote setting within the UK. The ideal candidate will manage high-value contracts, ensuring compliance and collaboration with multiple teams to meet business objectives. This role offers substantial growth opportunities within an innovative work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with contract management focusing on complex structures (3-5 years).
• Familiarity with international contract law and compliance standards.
• Experience in the staffing industry is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage the entire contracting process and lifecycle for supplier and client contracts.
• Draft, negotiate, and administer contracts while ensuring compliance.
• Collaborate with various teams to ensure deliverables are met.

Skills

Contract Negotiation

Compliance

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in law, Business Administration or related field

Tools

Contract Management Software

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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Magnit is the evolution of work. Serving hundreds of the world’s most recognizable brands for the past 30+ years, Magnit offers the industry’s first holistic platform for the modern workforce. Magnit’s integrated workforce management (IWM) platform supported by data, software, intelligence, and best-in-class services team is key to our clients’ success. It can adapt quickly to regional or industry economic shifts, and provides the speed, scale, flexibility, transparency, and expertise required to meet an organization’s contingent workforce management, talent strategy and broader organization goals. At Magnit, you’ll work with passionate colleagues who collaborate and deliver meaningful results that positively transform the largest companies around the globe.

About The Role

*THIS IS A REMOTE POSITION BASED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ONLY*

The Contracts Manager proactively manages all aspects of the contracting process and lifecycle for supplier and client related contracts. This role requires full contract administration responsibilities, including drafting, negotiating and administering contracts between Magnit and its suppliers and clients. This position will also ensure contract templates, RFPs, client implementations, projects, reports, and other departmental functions are accurately maintained and run seamlessly.

Additionally, the Contracts Manager will collaborate with management and advise as to the company’s contractual rights and obligations, to solve complex problems, and maintain negotiation and certification records. This role requires giving his/her team the support needed on negotiations, contractual terms and obligations, as well as other agreed upon deliverables. The Contracts Manager will maintain the department and company’s operational performance standards, quality work product in an efficient manner, and departmental initiatives.

What You Will Need

• Provide support on various new compliance reporting/data tracking requirements.

• Uphold Magnit’s principles, business controls, ethics, policies and procedures and professional standards.

• Serve as a key member of the contract review team with an emphasis on ensuring compliance with Magnit’s established policies, procedures, and tolerances and communicate non-conformance or areas of risk to management.

• Analyze contract requirements and determine use of appropriate contract structures/terms.

• Proven ability to manage high-value and high-complexity contracts in various industries (e.g. procurement, staffing, technology and commercial contracts)

• Provide key support for development and creation of new client contracts, independent contractor contracts, and staffing agency contracts for various international locations, which includes being responsible for the entire contract lifecycle, where applicable.

• Lead contract negotiations with clients, payrolled workers, independent contractors, and staffing agencies ensuring that compliance is achieved and consistency of contractual obligations are met.

• Responsible for reviewing, modifying, and finalizing all on-boarding/off-boarding documents (i.e., background screening/drug testing release forms, client policies and procedures, etc.)

• Draft and finalize amendments to the client, independent contractors, payroll workers, and suppliers, as needed.

• Collaborate with internal business partners including Sales, International Services, Client Services, and Implementation teams to meet customer deliverables and deadlines.

• Provide support and feedback for the development and implementation of international department processes and procedures.

• Assist with mentoring junior staff and departmental training including but not limited to: the contract process, complex legal issues, and international contracts.

• Provide ongoing support to the department/company including but not limited to leading special projects, reporting, distribution of contract templates to sales, SOP updates, etc.

• Collaborate with the management team to support the development and implementation of the operational infrastructure designed to accommodate the business’ growth objectives.

• Deliver superior quality results with a continuous view of strategic objectives.

• Continually meet contractual service levels and maintain compliance with other contractual requirements.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree in law, Business Administration or related field

• Fluent in English at a professional business level

• Demonstrated proficiency in Word and Excel

• Familiarity with international contract law and global compliance standards

• Experience in the staffing industry is advantageous

• Experience with international contracts

• Experience with contract management software

• At least 3-5 years of experience in contract management, with a focus on complex contractual structures is desirable

What Magnit will Offer You

At Magnit, you’ll be joining an innovative, high-growth environment and can quickly make an impact to help transform the largest companies in the world. You’ll work with passionate colleagues who collaborate and deliver. Magnit offers all employees the opportunity for growth and development, and we want individuals to fulfill their potential and blaze their own trails!

If this role isn’t for you

Stay in touch, we will let you know when we have new positions on the team.

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