Contracts Manager - Procurement

The Contracts Manager - Procurement will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our supplier contracts and procurement activities are conducted efficiently, effectively, and in compliance with all relevant regulations and best practices. This includes:

• Contract Management: Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and concluding a variety of supply-side contracts, including for raw materials used in manufacturing, assemblies, fabricated parts, logistics and transportation contracts, consultancy contracts, and IT contracts.
• Compliance: Ensuring that all procurement activities comply with relevant laws, regulations, and Brush policies and procedures.
• Risk Management: Identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with procurement and contract management.
• General support for Procurement: Contributing to the entire procurement process, from identifying and adopting best practice in selecting suppliers and managing supplier relationships, managing contract costs to ensure value for money and dealing with suppliers that are not meeting our expectations.

This position sits within the Group Legal & Compliance function providing general and project support to the Group Legal Director, as well assisting our Group Compliance Manager with embedding compliance initiatives within the business. The successful candidate may be required to travel to other BRUSH locations including Newport, Wales, central London and Scotland from time to time.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contract Drafting and Negotiation: Draft, review, negotiate, renew and potentially terminate a wide range of purchasing contracts, ensuring that they align with Brush strategic objectives and protect its interests. Provide expert procurement advice on contract terms and conditions.
• Procurement Process Support: Support the development and implementation of effective procurement strategies and processes, including supplier evaluations, tendering and bidding processes, contract award evaluations. Ensuring that all completed and part-completed contracts are archived and available for examination as necessary. Promoting awareness of the importance of contract compliance. Collecting feedback from stakeholders to identify areas for improvement.
• Contract Administration: Advising on contract performance and compliance. Advise on contract variations and disputes. Highlight and mitigate any contractual exposure between commitments to customers and obligations of suppliers such as achieving sustainability goals.
• Risk Management: Identify and assess potential legal and compliance risks associated with procurement and contract management.

This is an excellent opportunity for either a contracts specialist or a qualified in-house lawyer who wants to embrace a challenging role at an interesting time for our business. Success in this role will lead to wider opportunities within the business allowing the individual to grow with and influence the business.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

• QUALIFICATIONS: Degree in Law, Business, or a related field (or equivalent qualification) essential. CIPS or equivalent procurement qualification preferred.
• KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS: Thorough understanding of contract law principles and tendering best practices. Excellent contract drafting and negotiation skills. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work with budget holders and buyers, to fulfil both a supply chain strategy as well as short term tactical needs. Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines. Proficiency in relevant software tools (e.g., contract management systems, procurement platforms).

BRUSH Group provide agile and adaptive engineering solutions and products, including consultancy services, design, and project management as well as award-winning product technology, to a wide range of projects. A chosen partner for national and regional power generation and distribution network operators, through innovation and a commitment to delivering solutions that address grid-resilience and drive system change, we support the global drive to net-zero, helping create a future-proof Infrastructure.