Senior Contract Manager - Hybrid, Negotiation & Growth

4695 Broadford; Scunthorpe, Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Annual bonus

28 days holiday (rising to 32)

Pension with employer contributions

Co-op product discount (30%)

Stream – early access to pay

Virtual healthcare services

24/7 colleague support

Training and development

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Co-op Wholesale is growing and seeks a Senior Contract Manager to own drafting and negotiating business customer sales contracts with wholesale partners. You’ll be the trusted partner to our sales and finance teams, ensuring contracts reflect commercially approved positions and are stored correctly.

You’ll report to the Head of Business Management, Governance & Risk and work on contracts across retailers, key accounts and corporate partners, driving improvements and ensuring governance standards

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Senior Contract Manager in a business sales environment.
• Experience drafting and amending customer contracts, negotiating positions, with minimal need for legal support.
• Experience working with internal teams to gain commercial clarity, spotting risks and offering solutions.
• Able to advise the business and constructively challenge and influence when needed.
• Collaborative leadership with a focus on efficiency, effectiveness and transparency.
• Comfortable with evolving processes and ways of working.
• Proactive in identifying and exploring continuous improvement opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Draft sales contracts that reflect commercially approved positions and meet governance standards.
• Manage end-to-end contract management including negotiating, signatures, templates and administration.
• Build strong relationships with internal teams and customers to move contract discussions forward.
• Collaborate with sales, propositions, finance, legal and operations to support wider goals.
• Spot and manage contract risks and lead on resolving disputes or compliance issues.
• Help to improve contract management processes, shaping templates, terms and ways of working.

Skills

Contract management

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Governance compliance

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Process improvement

Risk assessment

Job description

Co-op Wholesale is growing and seeks a Senior Contract Manager to own drafting and negotiating business customer sales contracts with wholesale partners. You’ll be the trusted partner to our sales and finance teams, ensuring contracts reflect commercially approved positions and are stored correctly.

You’ll report to the Head of Business Management, Governance & Risk and work on contracts across retailers, key accounts and corporate partners, driving improvements and ensuring governance standards