Senior Contracts Manager

Job Summary

The Senior Contracts Manager take the leads on contract execution and managing the contractual relationships with suppliers of goods and services, as well as internal customers in order to drive best value from contracts held, ensuring that all contracts are operated in accordance with relevant guidelines and best practice are cost effective and meet organization requirements.

Job Responsibilities 1

Ensures compliance with agreements and processes, raising issues where appropriate and negotiating satisfactory compromises, escalating issues to the Contracts Director as needed.

Manages, scrutinizes and reviews existing high risk/ high impact/ complex contracts, monitoring contract performance, building and maintaining effective working relationships with contractors and suppliers.

Ensures that project complies with tender requirements.

Reviews, revises and develops contract management practices and procedures, producing recommendations and options for change for consideration by the Procurement Head, including the development of any systems initiatives, in order to maintain the provision of a pro- active, professional and cost effective service for the organization.

Ensures that project complies with tender requirements at all times.

Promotes the provision of a high quality, professional and customer focused commercial service to all customer departments throughout the organization.

Job Responsibilities 2

Follows directions given by the C.D. implements company requirements as far as acceptable terms and condition in Contracts and Subcontracts are concerned to reduce areas of potential risk.

Ensures to reduce the incident of Contract Claims against the Company by 20% y-o-y.

Ensures increased awareness on the part of other Contract staff of Employer's Terms and Conditions ensuring all potential claims can be identified and successfully prosecuted.

Ensures to improve the alertness of Commercial team to and Identify potential Contractual risk areas.

Ensures to provide practical guidance in the preparation of extension of time and other such claims and successfully conclude all such claims.

Ensures to improve the inclusion of the company’s processes with regards to claim management. Using recording templates to improve the robustness of the submitted claims and increase the success of claims to Variations by 20% y-o-y.

Manages the implementation of strong Administration of Subcontractors through the proper use of company procedures.