Contract Manager (032019-82)

Category: Management | Faculty/Division: Finance | School: Procurement | Department: Procurement | Location: Joseph Priestley Building | Post Type: Full Time | Closing Date: 09 Apr 2019 | With around 24,000 students from over 80 countries Birmingham City University is a large and diverse place to study. The university has gone through rapid changes including an investment of £260M in our estate and ongoing investment to position the university’s leading facilities for a future of growth. This role is key to that growth moving forwards in the most timely and cost-effective manner. Reporting to the Head of University Procurement, the Contracts Manager will manage key strategic contracts on behalf of the Estates and Facilities and the IT departments to ensure that contracts are operating effectively. This role will take appropriate steps to address contractual non-compliance and pro-actively manage risk and reward mechanisms in contracts. The role will provide a strategic link between the Procurement department and the Estates and Facilities and IT departments. The main objectives of this role are: Manage contracts on behalf of the Estates and Facilities and the IT departments, sourcing and collecting contract performance data such as pricing and supply chain costs. Establish and monitor contract performance to ensure KPI’s are achieved and address contractual non-compliance Liaise with the Procurement Category Managers to provide contractual information and data to support procurement activity Ensure value for money and legal compliance while meeting the needs of Stakeholders and Procurement, in an effective manner. Add value to Stakeholders and Procurement through delivery of sustainable savings and process improvement Person Specification: You will be educated to degree level (or equivalent) or hold a relevant professional qualification (e.g. MCIPS). Demonstrable experience of procuring and/or managing IT and/or Facilities Management and Estates contracts. You will have experience of managing contracts to ensure that suppliers adhere to agreed contract requirements You will be able to demonstrate experience developing and managing action plans to implement any improvement initiatives. You must have the ability to build relationships within the supply chain and internal clients A good understanding of general contract law principles, as well as knowledge of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Finally, you will have a commercial outlook and demonstrable experience of negotiation with suppliers to drive value for money in contracts.