Overview
In this role you will manage a portfolio of strategic supplier contracts and lead post-contract reviews to optimize value. You will work closely with Procurement, Finance, Legal and operations to drive savings, improve terms and mitigate risk across the supplier base. You will steer renewals, renegotiations and governance processes to ensure continuity and strong commercial outcomes. This position offers exposure to senior stakeholders in a financial services–leaning procurement function, with a focus on measurable commercial improvements and effective contract management. You will shape supplier relationships and lead cross-functional initiatives to unlock cost and performance opportunities
Pay / Benefits
- bonus
- pension
- healthcare
- generous holiday entitlement
- hybrid working
Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of strategic supplier contracts across multiple spend categories
- Lead post-contract commercial reviews, assessing pricing, terms, and supplier performance
- Identify opportunities to reduce costs, improve service levels, and strengthen protections
- Monitor supplier performance against KPIs, SLAs, and contractual commitments
- Develop and maintain contract governance frameworks and reporting
- Lead procurement renewals and contract extension strategies
- Conduct commercial assessments ahead of renewal and drive renegotiations for improved terms
- Support sourcing and tender activities with commercial expertise
- Lead negotiations across pricing, delivery, and terms
- Maintain supplier relationships and manage escalations
- Ensure contracts comply with governance and regulatory obligations
- Identify and mitigate commercial, contractual, operational, and financial risks
- Maintain accurate contract records, renewal schedules, and documentation
- Promote best practice in contract management and supplier governance
Key requirements
- Proven experience as Commercial Contract Manager or similar
- Experience with post-contract reviews and supplier assessments
- Track record of delivering savings through renegotiations
- Experience managing contract renewals and governance activities
- Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills
- Solid understanding of procurement, contract management and commercial risk
- Ability to analyse supplier spend and performance
- Excellent communication and relationship-building capabilities
- communication
- influencing
- relationship-building
- procurement principles
- contract management
- spend analysis
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