Commercial Contract Manager

Burgess Hill, Sussex
Pontoon

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Day Rate via Umbrella or PAYE

Hybrid working 2 days a week in the office (Burgess Hill)

Duratiion 17 Months

You’ll be working within the Legal & Compliance Team within our Diagnostic Division. As part of our Commercial Contracts Team you will ensure that we conclude robust and sustainable contracts with our customers, which enable the ultimate delivery of our solutions to patients whilst also mitigating company risks.

Responsibilities

• Involved with pre-tender engagement positioning; advising the Business Areas on the existing contract landscape and any foreseen risks with the customer’s proposed tender approach.
• Working closely with our Bids and Commercial functions on tender submissions you will be reviewing and managing multiple large tender opportunities simultaneously; reviewing the relevant tender documents and providing a comprehensive risk assessment of the opportunity.
• Coordinating and drafting, for submission to the customer, tender clarifications and summaries of unacceptable risks.
• Reviewing, drafting, negotiating and executing commercial contracts with our customers highlighting areas of risk, proposing/agreeing risk mitigating strategies and ensuring contracts are commercially and legally robust (in accordance with our tender submissions).
• Providing ad hoc advice and guidance on public procurement legislation and contractual queries from internal departments.
• Drafting and/or reviewing dispute communications, novation agreements, confidentiality agreements, software licences.

Qualifications and Experience

• Ideally be a qualified commercial contracts lawyer or alternatively hold a CCM or CIPS accreditation with demonstrable experience in contract drafting.
• You will have an excellent level of contract law experience and a track record of providing contractual expertise relating to the provision of high value complex goods and services (typically in excess of 5m+).
• Preferably you will have knowledge of public procurement regulations (PCR2015) and have a basic understanding of data protection matters.

TO APPLY – PLEASE APPLY WITH AN UP-TO-DATE CV Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered. Please be advised if you haven’t heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.