Lead Contract Specialist

CH01 CHE Fresenius Medical Care (Schweiz) AG; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Company Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

33 Days Holiday

Health cash plan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care is seeking a Lead Contracts Specialist in the UK. The role is a full-time, hybrid position based in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, with 37.5 hours weekly, Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm.

You will lead complex contract negotiations, manage tenders and high-value agreements, and provide expert contractual advice to drive strategic commercial outcomes. The role requires fluent English and strong cross-functional collaboration to assess risks, ensure compliance, and optimise contract

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex contract negotiations and managing high-value contracts.
• Ability to review requirements, identify risks, and provide commercial advice.
• Strong stakeholder coordination across functions to deliver winning bids.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex contract negotiations and commercial discussions.
• Manage tenders, bids, framework agreements, and high-value contracts.
• Identify risks and opportunities across contractual and regulatory domains.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver compliant, robust submissions.
• Provide guidance on governance, policy, and best practices in contracting.

Skills

Contract negotiations

Commercial discussions

Strategic supplier/customer

Cross-functional collaboration

Fluent English

Job description

Lead Contract Specialist

At Fresenius Medical Care, we are the global leader in kidney care, committed to improving the lives of patients with chronic kidney disease. Our mission is to deliver high-quality, innovative products, services, and care across the entire healthcare journey. Guided by our vision— “Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day.”—we work with purpose and compassion, supported by a global team of over 125,000 employees. Within our Care Enablement segment, we develop and provide life-sustaining medical products, digital health solutions, and therapies that empower clinical teams and improve patient outcomes. Our FME Reignite strategy drives transformation through innovation, efficiency, and sustainable growth. Our values guide how we work: We Care for our patients, each other, and our communities We Connect across teams and borders to deliver excellence together We Commit to doing things the right way— growing with purpose and leading kidney care with integrity and innovation As a Centre of Excellence, Commercial Business Services (CBS) drives commercial excellence across Care Enablement. The team delivers market insights, health economics expertise, brand management, and validated marketing and sales strategies. CBS leads the development of commercial tools, processes, and training to support market access, strategic product positioning, and enhance the global customer experience. Join our passionate team and help shape healthcare worldwide! This is a full-time, hybrid role of 37.5 hours, working Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm. Our office is based in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead complex contract negotiations and commercial discussions.
• Manage strategic tenders, bids, framework agreements, and high-value contracts throughout their lifecycle.
• Lead end-to-end tender and bid activities, ensuring compliant, competitive, and commercially sound submissions.
• Review customer requirements, identifying contractual, commercial, operational, and compliance risks and opportunities.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-quality submissions and contract outcomes.
• Provide expert contractual and commercial advice, supporting bid strategy, negotiations, and business growth.
• Develop and maintain contract governance frameworks, policies, and best practices.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate contractual and commercial risks.
• Ensure compliance with contractual, regulatory, procurement, and governance requirements.
• Maintain oversight of tender pipelines, governance approvals, contract mobilisation, and performance reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement across contract management, tendering, and commercial processes.
• Lead contract audits, reviews, and dispute resolution activities.
• Represent the Contracts function in strategic and cross-functional initiatives.
• Act as the subject matter expert for contract management, commercial excellence, public sector procurement, framework agreements, and healthcare tendering.

Your Profile

• Lead complex contract negotiations, commercial discussions, and strategic supplier/customer engagements.
• Manage high-value contracts and commercial agreements throughout the full contract lifecycle.
• Lead strategic tenders, framework applications, and bid submissions, ensuring timely, compliant, and commercially robust responses.
• Review tender and contract requirements, identifying and mitigating contractual, commercial, operational, and compliance risks.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to develop winning bid strategies and commercial solutions.
• Provide expert contractual and commercial advice across the business.
• Develop and maintain contract governance frameworks, policies, and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with contractual, regulatory, procurement, and governance requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement across contract management, tendering, and commercial processes.
• Lead contract audits, performance reviews, and dispute resolution activities.
• Analyse tender outcomes and market intelligence to improve future success rates.
• Represent the Contracts function in strategic initiatives and act as the subject matter expert for contract management, public sector procurement, and commercial excellence.

Fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal.

Our Offer for you

There is a lot you can discover at Fresenius Medical Care, regardless in which field you are an expert and how much experience you have - all dedicated to your professional journey. Whether in front of or behind the scenes - you are helping to make ever better medicine available to more and more people around the world

• Individual opportunities for self-determined career planning and professional development
• A corporate culture in which there is enough room for innovative thinking - to find the best solution together, not the quickest one
• A large number of committed people with a wide range of skills, talents and experience
• The benefits of a successful global corporation with the collegial culture of a medium-sized company

Here at Fresenius Medical Care, we value the contribution of our people and ensure that we offer industry-leading rewards and progression. We offer a competitive salary alongside a wealth of other fantastic benefits listed below:

• Bonus scheme – Based on completion of KPI’s and yearly objectives
• Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• 33 Days Holiday (inclusive of 8 days bank holiday) increasing with service
• Company paid health cash plan
• Annual leave purchase scheme (with 12 months service)
• Long Service Vouchers
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Blue Light card – providing thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street

Lead Contracts Specialist posts will be subject to a Basic DBS Disclosure Fresenius Medical Care is an equal opportunities employer Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day.

Fresenius Medical Care is the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with kidney disease of which approximately 4.5 million patients worldwide regularly undergo dialysis treatment. United by a shared purpose of creating a future worth living for chronically and critically ill people, we care for around 292,000 dialysis patients around the globe. In addition, we operate around 35 global production sites to provide products such as dialysis machines, dialyzers, and related disposables. We aim to continuously improve our patients’ quality of life by offering them high-quality products as well as innovative technologies and treatment concepts.