Procurement Contracts Manager

DB Charles Recruitment; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Contract Manager to join a thriving IT business in Lincoln. The role includes drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, ensuring compliance with legal standards, and managing the contract life-cycle within a dynamic sales team. Ideal candidates will have procurement experience, particularly in healthcare, and strong negotiation skills. The position offers a salary between £38,500 to £50,000 per annum with hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Previous procurement experience as a Contract Manager or in a similar role.
• Background in contracts within healthcare or exposure to NHS/private medical.
• Knowledge of regulations such as ISO9001, ISO27001, Cyber Essentials, GDPR.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review & negotiate new customer-facing contracts.
• Renew & update existing contracts as required.
• Maintain and update the contract library regularly.
• Track and submit contracts effectively.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and legal requirements.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Strong communication skills

Salesforce experience

Procurement experience

Familiarity with regulations & standards

Education

Qualifications in procurement / contract management

Job description

£38500 - £50000 per annum + Additional Company Benefits;

DB Charles are hiring for a Contract Manager to work for an outstanding IT business in Lincoln. DB Charles have been lucky to represent this business on previous occasions over the years and not only is the business thriving but they have a phenomenal office culture and group of staff to potentially join.

The role will sit within the sales & commercial team, reporting into the Head of Sales and be amongst 9 others in the team, plus there will be regular crossover to the other departments & staff. The main aim of this procurement role is to draft, review & negotiate new supplier & customer contracts as well as renew & update existing ones. This person will be critical in ensuring the contracts are compliant, legally sound and ensuring customers are happy.

Main day to day duties will include:

• Drafting, reviewing & negotiating on new customer facing contracts
• Renewing & updating existing contracts as and when required
• Ensure contract templates are up to date
• Ensure the contract library is up to date and added to regularly
• Take responsibility during the whole contract life-cycle
• Tracking & submission of contracts
• Maintaining solid comms with senior internal staff on contract issues, pitfalls and general progress
• Ensure all contracts are legally sound, compliant and in line with additional policies (company policies, GDPR etc)
• Plus many more

The business are very excited at the prospect of hiring for this role, they would like to see CV’s ticking a number of the below boxes:

• Previous procurement experience as a Contract Manager or within a similar role
• Contracts background within healthcare or with exposure to the NHS or private medical world would be advantageous
• Qualifications within procurement / contract management would be advantageous
• Must have excellent negotiation skills as well as strong communication skills
• Previous experience with Salesforce
• Any exposure to regulations & standards such as ISO9001, ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Scheme, UK/EU GDPR would be fantastic
• Based relatively close to Lincoln and comfortable going into the office for x2 days a week with the other days working from home.

The client is ideally looking to hire at a salary level dependent of experience of between £38,500 to £50,000 per annum and this hybrid role will be working Monday to Friday with hours of 8:30AM to 5:15PM.

If interested we would love you to apply and begin speaking with us further about the role.

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