Commercial Contracts Senior Lead

Overview

In this role you will lead high-value supplier contract negotiations and governance for Checkatrade’s UK home-improvement marketplace. You’ll drive AI-enabled contract workflows and supplier management across the business, shaping the Supplier Hub and partnering with senior stakeholders to enable scalable, value-driven procurement. You will tackle complex negotiations while innovating processes to accelerate growth and optimize spend. This is a hands-on, builder-minded position in a fast-paced, tech-enabled environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary + annual bonus
• Employee Share Programme
• Health, well-being and learning support
• Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme
• Birthday/Special day leave
• Buy & sell holiday scheme

Responsibilities

• Negotiate high-value contracts with Tier 1 and strategic suppliers across the business
• Lead AI-enabled workflows and automate daily processes to support negotiations and governance
• Improve contract lifecycle systems and establish scalable governance frameworks
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders (Legal, Finance, Technology, C-suite) to set supplier management strategy
• Develop and refine supplier governance and contract management processes for growth
• Shape and manage the Supplier Hub as the modern, tech-enabled supplier management platform
• Drive simplification and best-in-class solutions to optimise spend across the organisation
• Champion iterative improvement and experimentation in contracting and supplier relations

Key requirements

• Significant experience negotiating complex commercial contracts with Tier 1 and strategically important suppliers
• Proven track record of managing and improving contract lifecycle systems and governance frameworks
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted workflows, automations or agents and system integrations
• Strong stakeholder influence and ability to partner with Legal, Finance, Technology and executives
• Curious, commercially minded builder with willingness to challenge the status quo and improve processes

• strong stakeholder influence
• curious builder mindset
• commercially minded
• AI-assisted workflows
• platform integrations
• contract lifecycle platforms

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