Background
Support to Policy, drafting contracts and T&Cs support
Working on Transformation Programme
Top Essential Criteria:
1. Commercial contract drafting
2. Familiar with T&Cs, drafting, amending
3. Front End contract experience
4. Professional Services background
Essential:
* SME in Front End Contract Management
* Commercial contract drafting/negotiation
* Contract management playbook
* Terms and conditions drafting
* Contract performance management
* Non-disclosure agreements
* Confidentiality agreements – drafting and negotiating
* Familiar with T&Cs, drafting, amending
* Knowledge and application of Public Procurement Policy
* Working with Legal
* Experience having gone through change journey
* Public sector experience
* Strong Stakeholder Management skills/experience
* Able to support and guide a commercial team
Desirable:
* Security or defence background
* Infra experience
* NEC3/NEC 4
* Favourable if experienced in complex security environments
* MCIPs or equivalent
Key Accountabilities:
* Creating a highly motivated, skilled, and professional contract management team that delivers contract performance outcomes, aligned to business and HMG commercial requirements, with the capacity to meet business demand plan.
* Act as subject matter expert for assigned contracts, providing professional advice to enable business to effectively deliver contract objectives.
* Ensuring all contracts have a robust Contract Management Plan with defined procedures for delivery performance management, invoice applications, risk management, and contract reviews.
* Ensure contracts are delivered in accordance with business management system, priorities and conduct internal audits to ensure compliance with government regulations and legislation.
* Working collaboratively with stakeholders and with the SCM sub-unit Leadership Team to understand their detailed business requirements and championing contract best practice.
* Implement the Supplier Relationship Management framework for assigned key suppliers to manage risk, performance, and extract more value from the supplier base.
* Support the development and drive the implementation of Supplier Strategies for assigned suppliers, minimizing risk for the Department and maximizing value.
* Support procurement activity through providing best practice contract advice to develop contract templates and bespoke terms.
* Ensuring contracts maximize value for money and have defined performance outcomes, with clear business ownership to track and monitor contract performance against KPIs.
* Working with the SCM Delivery Unit Sourcing/Category team to lead contract negotiations pre-contract award and apply lessons learned to enhance contracting models.
* Leading contract negotiations and applying diplomacy to mitigate contract risks to the Department's benefit.
* Implementing the Supplier Relationship Management framework and strategy for defined portfolio of contracts, creating trusted industry alliances to drive business innovation/efficiencies.
Key Responsibilities:
* Acting as a role model for health, safety, environmental and quality management.
* Establishing a high level of credibility and managing complex working relationships with internal and external parties including both commercial and government partners.
* Drive suppliers segmentation (quality, performance, risk) in accordance with the Supplier Relationship Management Framework.
* Monitor and mitigate supplier risks, making corrective action plans for identified risks.
* Develop and implement Supplier Strategies for assigned key suppliers.
* Ensure contract control systems are robust and suitable to support all post contract commitments.
* Ensuring legal compliance with contracts by monitoring changes in laws or regulations that may affect the company’s obligations.
* Ensure there is an effective contract reporting and engagement strategy in place to align key stakeholders to contracts risks and opportunities.
* Identify and estimate the likelihood and impact of contract-related risk, establish mitigation methods aligned to business needs.
* Ensuring a robust SRM delivery plan is in place for all assigned critical suppliers.
#J-18808-Ljbffr