Sourcing and Category Management - Contracts Manager

About the role

Procurement Planning: Develop and implement procurement plans to effectively deliver project goals on schedule and budget. Cost control experience. Negotiation: Implement appropriate negotiation strategies for the specified scope, incorporating cross functional perspectives as necessary to build a holistic plan together with clear allocation of roles and responsibilities.

Contract Oversight: Monitor key elements of supplier performance to contracted requirements; implement corrective actions and lessons learned. Manage the administration of the contract with our stakeholders as the Subject Matter Expert and the appointed person to manage all notices, changes, claims and other Contractual Matters.

Strategic Thinking: The ability to examine and understand the organization's competitive strengths and weaknesses. This includes the ability to: look for opportunities to grow the business and reduce costs; monitor the environment for opportunities; formulate strategies that provide distinct competitive advantages; and consider problems and opportunities from a broad, multi-functional perspective.

Continuous Improvement: Always seek ways to streamline, automate, and simplify processes; includes deployment of tools, using data analytics and working with IT groups to define system requirements. Can create clarity, generate energy, and deliver success; always be planning for the future. High Integrity - must be ethical and be a strong value-based individual focused on fairness and maintaining confidentiality.

Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance or other construction related field. Deep Construction Execution Experience in Supply Chain and Contracts Management is an absolute requirement for this role. Experience delivering large-scale mission critical construction projects - sourcing, managing, and administering contracts greater than USD $100M.

Experience leading procurement planning, RFP bidding, analysis and contract award on mission critical construction projects. Previous experience of coordinating commercial / contractual teams on major construction projects in Europe.

Management and / or delivery experience on largescale data center or other mission critical construction projects Master's Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance or other construction related field.