Description
Senior Contract Manager
We are currently seeking a Senior Contract Manager to work for a leading Network Provider.
Work Location: Redditch
Start Date: 18th November 2019
Assignment Duration: December 2020
The client is looking for candidates with:-
- An understanding of Customer Contracts
- Negotiation skills
- Ability to drive the transfers with suppliers
- Ability to work closely hand in hand with Customer, legal and supplier chain
- Track record of proven ability in similar global environment
- Flexible, agile, drives to complete activities
Duties and Responsibilities:
This position is responsible for the creation, negotiation, execution and management of supplier contracts in the Global Strategic Sourcing organization.
The Senior Contract Manager is responsible for:
- Developing sourcing plans based upon a strong technical knowledge of clients' needs for products/services in order to provide counsel to the business units on effective supply chain solutions
- Leading commercial negotiations with Suppliers for high value contracts that minimize risk. If any risk exists, ensure that it has been reviewed and accepted by the client organization
- Working cross-functionally and interfacing with other business groups throughout the Corporation to leverage existing suppliers against business unit needs.
- Developing and maintaining Supplier relationships and performance ensuring AT&T's interests are protected.
- Providing professional services in assigned areas of influence and impact (Commodity, Team, Process or MoW responsibility).
- Leading and supporting Executive concurrence process to support decisions, in line with appropriate AT&T Schedule of Authorization.
- Managing and enhancing all commercial aspects of the commodity with key relationship owners, ensuring global alignment, synergies and strategies are maintained to highest professional standard
- Managing contracts and contractual relationships with suppliers to ensure the highest levels of rigour are employed to support and protect AT&T's business and operations
- Maintaining appropriate data/information systems to support processes
Main Activities include:
- Negotiate and execute, or support implementation of, product, service and resale contracts:
- Work within multifunctional teams, taking responsibility for all negotiations with suppliers and partners concerning the provision of product, services and resale ability;
- Provide a single point of contact between AT&T and key suppliers to effectively manage contractual and performance issues on key supplier contracts;
- Manage contractual changes in interface, scope, deliverables and SLA;
- Manage resolution of performance issues with suppliers.
- Management and enhancement of global pricing
Manage Supplier Contracts:
- Manage and implement cost saving initiatives to improve performance against budget and revenue enablement;
- Implement processes to measuring performance of Strategic Suppliers
- Manage escalations to ensure timely resolutions mitigating risk to the business
- Manage the timely renewal of recurring contracts versus business requirements.
Key Skills:
- Strong Negotiator
- Leadership, communication (oral and written to all audiences, including executives) and interpersonal skills
- Global awareness
- Teamwork & customer focus
- Understanding of complex contractual terms & conditions
- Strong business management skills and Analytical approach to issues
- Ability to manage workload and delegation management skills
- Structured, process orientated approach
- Ability to improve processes by learning lessons from resolving day-to-day issues
- Self Starter
- Legal Background or contracting experience
- Project Management
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years experience in management of international and multi-national strategic supplier relationships or procurement
- Business and cost management experience
- Familiar with working in international teams and management across functions