Contracts Manager

Anika Industries; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,100,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Anika Industries in Bengaluru seeks a procurement and contracting professional to shape contracting and procurement strategy across projects, aligning with group objectives and ensuring high-quality delivery. You will build strategic partnerships, manage vendor relationships, lead negotiations on high-value contracts, and coordinate with Legal for contract validation and risk mitigation.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Project Management, achieving procurement targets, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience in contracting and procurement strategy.
• Ability to lead vendor evaluation and governance.
• Strong negotiation and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop contracting and procurement strategy aligned with project horizons and group objectives.
• Build strategic partnerships, select cross-category contractors, and manage vendor relationships.
• Lead contracting strategy with Project Management, target cost savings, and risk mitigation.
• Coordinate with legal for contract validation, monitor performance, and track variations or claims.

Skills

Contracting strategy

Vendor management

Negotiation

Procurement strategy

Stakeholder management

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Developing Contracting and Procurement strategy depending on project horizon, Group's objectives, aspirations to deliver projects in high quality manner

• Developing strategic partnerships with contracts, developing optimum mix of cross category contractors for delivering timely delivery of services, developing vendors, relationship management, vendor evaluation and implementing actions upon evaluation.
• Leading contracting strategy in coordination with Project Management Group, cost savings in Procurement of contracts, improved contractor performance, improved quality of service and risk mitigation plans along with leading high value and complex transactions to oversee negotiation and governance mechanism.
• Coordinating with legal for periodical validation, contract conditions, review contractor performance, variations or claims, implementation of systems for tracking, monitoring and auditing services delivered by contractors.
• Identifying effective category strategy for Procurement, executing Procurement strategy in line with business and category strategy, achieving Procurement targets for the projects, compliance with teams, policies, and statutory requirements