Senior Contract Manager – Wholesale Partnerships (Hybrid)

Co-op; Scunthorpe; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

28 days holiday

Employer pension

Product discount

Pay access via Stream

Virtual healthcare

Career development

Job summary

Co-op Wholesale is seeking a Senior Contract Manager to own end-to-end drafting and negotiation of business customer sales contracts with wholesale partners. You will manage the process through to signature and storage, partnering with sales and finance to reflect commercially approved positions.

You will report to the Head of Business Management, Governance & Risk and work across contracts for independents to large organisations, driving continuous improvement in our process and governance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Senior Contract Manager in a business sales environment.
• Strong experience drafting and amending customer contracts, negotiating positions and amending contract clauses, with minimal need for legal support.
• Strong experience working with internal teams to gain commercial clarity, spotting potential risks and offering solutions.
• Confident advising the business and able to constructively challenge and influence when needed.
• Collaborative leadership skills with a focus on efficiency, effectiveness and transparency.
• Comfortability with evolving processes and ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Draft sales contracts that reflect commercially approved positions and meet governance standards.
• Manage the end-to-end contract management process, including negotiating and amending clauses, 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 align contracts with wider goals.
• Spot and manage contract risks and lead on resolving disputes or compliance issues.
• Help to improve our contract management process, shaping templates, terms and ways of working.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Stakeholder collaboration

Risk management

Process improvement

Leadership

Job description

Co-op Wholesale is seeking a Senior Contract Manager to own end-to-end drafting and negotiation of business customer sales contracts with wholesale partners. You will manage the process through to signature and storage, partnering with sales and finance to reflect commercially approved positions.

You will report to the Head of Business Management, Governance & Risk and work across contracts for independents to large organisations, driving continuous improvement in our process and governance.