Contract Manager

CBRE; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Contract Manager to oversee a team responsible for administrative management of supplier contracts, certifications, and documentation at Bukit Jalil, KL. The role integrates contract interpretation, staffing oversight, and performance coaching to ensure alignment with client requirements.

Applicants should bring 8+ years in facilities management or related fields, strong MS Office skills, and proven leadership to drive quality, efficiency, and compliant contract execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred with 8+ years in facilities management or similar.
• Experience in staffing, training, development, coaching, and performance measurement.
• Ability to guide complex information, set expectations, and resolve problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees and oversee training and development.
• Coordinate daily team activities, set schedules, and manage deadlines.
• Review, interpret, and evaluate contract and service agreements.
• Answer inquiries related to modification of existing contracts.
• Prepare and evaluate proposals for new or continued contracts and make award recommendations.
• Negotiate and monitor fulfillment of contractual obligations.
• Review amendments and extensions, offering recommendations for approvals or alternatives.
• Lead by example and model CBRE RISE values to influence stakeholders.

Skills

Staff supervision

Contract management

Leadership

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Job description

About The Role

As a CBRE Contract Manager, you will assist with managing the team responsible for the administrative management of supplier contracts, certifications, and documentation consistent with internal and client requirements.

Location: Bukit Jalil, KL

What You’ll Do

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
• Review, interpret, and evaluate contract and service agreements.
• Answer customer inquiries pertaining to the modification of existing contracts.
• Prepare and evaluate proposals for the new or continuation of existing contracts and make award recommendations.
• Negotiate and monitor the fulfillment of contractual obligations.
• Review amendments to existing contracts or requests for extensions. Provide recommendations of approval or alternative solutions.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with min 8 years of experience in facilities management.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.