Senior Contract Manager

Rochester Gas and Electric; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job description

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Location: ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow

Salary: From £50,000-62,500 + 15% performance bonus + single person healthcare

Employment Type: Hybrid Working, Permanent

Role Overview: ScottishPower are hiring a Senior Contracts Manager to lead the development and implementation of contract strategies for a high value / high complexity contract portfolio for our Corporate Business Function, General Services UK to maximize contract value and mitigate risk.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the end-to-end commercial contract cycle involving strategy, procurement, implementation, management, and renewal phases of multi-million-pound contracts.
• Identify, manage, and deliver competitive tendering strategies for a specific portfolio of contracts.
• Evaluate technical and commercial aspects of tender submissions and make recommendations.
• Lead the negotiation of the commercial aspects of designated contracts.
• Lead audits and assessments of designated suppliers and contractors to support ongoing development of contract strategies.
• Manage commercial meetings with Contractors to manage risks and monitor claims.
• Support the Lead Contracts Manager to deliver annual Opex and Capex budgets for the operational portfolio.
• Monitor and implement all contractual obligations and make commercial recommendations.
• Manage outsourced service providers and personnel.
• Responsible for all aspects of contract governance and regular management reporting.

What You’ll Bring

• Open, inclusive, and approachable style of delivery; effective collaborator, coach, and mentor to Contracts Managers.
• Educated to degree level in Financial, Procurement, Law, Quantity Surveying, or Contract Management discipline or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable commercial contract and negotiation skills with experience of closing high value / high risk REVEX and CAPEX contracts.
• Experience in negotiating contractual terms and conditions, including indemnities and warranties.
• Detailed understanding of contract management processes with experience of commercial contracts.
• Experience in completion of tender specification documents and tender assessment processes.

What You’ll Get

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits such as:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday Purchase
• Share Schemes
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
• Technology Vouchers
• Electric Vehicle Schemes
• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
• Healthcare benefit options
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts.

About ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We are committed to generating all of our energy from renewable resources and creating the energy infrastructure of the future.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities or long-term conditions.

IMPORTANT: Advert will close at 23:59 GMT on February 25, 2025.

Mobility: Applicants who are not citizens of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with applicable immigration requirements.